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An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
Great Discoveries
W. W. Norton
August 2006
On Sale: July 31, 2006
Featuring: Charles Darwin
192 pages
ISBN: 0393059812
EAN: 9780393059816
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
A fresh look at Darwin's most radical idea, and the
mysteriously slow process by which he revealed
it.
Evolution, during the early nineteenth
century, was an idea in the air. Other thinkers had
suggested it, but no one had proposed a cogent explanation
for how evolution occurs. Then, in September 1838, a young
Englishman named Charles Darwin hit upon the idea that
"natural selection" among competing individuals would lead
to wondrous adaptations and species diversity. Twenty-one
years passed between that epiphany and publication of On
the Origin of Species. The human drama and scientific
basis of Darwin's twenty-one-year delay constitute a
fascinating, tangled tale that elucidates the character of a
cautious naturalist who initiated an intellectual
revolution.
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin is a book
for everyone who has ever wondered about who this man was
and what he said. Drawing from Darwin's secret
"transmutation" notebooks and his personal letters, David
Quammen has sketched a vivid life portrait of the man whose
work never ceases to be controversial.
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