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Darwin, November 2005
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A riveting tribute to Charles Darwin's life and ideas in celebration of his 200th birthday.
W. W. Norton
November 2005
288 pages ISBN: 0393059669 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
Charles Darwin's ideas resonate deeply in Western culture
today, and his theory still lies at the heart of modern
scientific evolutionary research. As other nineteenth-
century figures fade, Darwin's theory of evolution still
provokes controversy, spilling over into curriculum battles
at state and local school boards in the United States and
around the world. In exploring the everyday artifacts of Darwin's life, his
notebooks, and early manuscripts, Niles Eldredge—"a candid,
no-punches-pulled interpreter of the core ideas of
evolutionary biology" (Science News)—provides a rare
glimpse into the mind of this highly intuitive, creative
scientist. The celebration of Charles Darwin's 200th
birthday in 2009 begins in November 2005 with the opening
of a major exhibition at the American Museum of Natural
History in New York, curated by Eldredge, that will travel
across the nation. More than a companion book to the
exhibit, Darwin is a rich and inspiring reconstruction of
Darwin's life through his writings and discoveries. Color
throughout, 100 illustrations.
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