Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life - Rilegato

Eldredge, Niles

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ISBN 10: 0393059669 ISBN 13: 9780393059663

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2005

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An analysis of the life and ideas of Charles Darwin, published to coincide with the two hundredth anniversary of his birth and a major American Museum of Natural History exhibit, draws on his notebooks, manuscripts, and everyday possessions to explore, among other topics, the ongoing debates pertaining to his theories. 30,000 first printing.

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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.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0393059669
• ISBN 13: 9780393059663
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256