Charles Darwin
CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury, England, to a wealthy intellectual family, his grandfather being the famous physician Erasmus Darwin. At Cambridge University he formed a friendship with J. S. Henslow, a professor of botany, ... [... more]
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The Collected Letters of Erasmus Darwin
 Author: Erasmus Darwin Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 508.092 EAN: 9780521821568 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0521821568 Number Of Pages: 666 Publication Date: 2007-01-15 [... more]
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The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Genius of Gregor ...
From Amazon.com: The Moravian monk and naturalist Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) labored quietly over the years in his abbey's garden, becoming known locally as a reliable meteorologist with an unusually green thumb. He was much more than that, of course, but [... more]
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Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History
Storytelling Dinosaurs: Evolution is probably the most exciting natural truth that science has ever discovered. And Stephen Jay Goulds essays tells about it with an infectious enthusiasm. On the way everything from flat earth myths to ancient Greece and [... more]
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Lunar Men
Amazon.ca: In the late 1700s, five gifted inventors and amateur scholars in Birmingham, England, came together for what one of them, Erasmus Darwin, called "a little philosophical laughing." They also helped kick-start the industrial revolution, [... more]
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Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?
promises much, delivers little: Michael R's book starts out well, providing a lively introduction with the now famous Sokal incident, reviews Popper and Kuhn (sorta) on Provability or Falsifiability, and then promises to address this question ( is [... more]
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Voyage Of The Narwhal
From Amazon.com: In Andrea Barrett's extraordinary novel of Arctic and personal exploration, maps are deceitful, ice all-powerful, and reputation more important than truth or human lives. When the Narwhal sets sail from Philadelphia in May 1855, its [... more]
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Magick Mayhem And Mavericks
University Student Review: I have never written a book review before, but in light of a recent less-than-generous review of Magick, Mayhem, and Mavericks, I feel compelled to offer my own response to this unconventional history of an unconventional [... more]
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Charles Darwin's 'The Life of Erasmus Darwin'
Author: Charles Darwin Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 508.092 EAN: 9780521815260 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0521815266 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 2002-11-11 [... more]
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Peter Riegert
Capturing a crucial moment in the history of exploration, the mid-nineteenth century romance with the Arctic, Andrea Barrett focuses on a particular expedition and its accompanying scholar-naturalist, Erasmus Darwin Wells. Through his eyes, we ... [... more]
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The Botanic Garden
Author: Erasmus Darwin Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781421914749 ISBN: 1421914743 Number Of Pages: 308 Publication Date: 2005-06 [... more]
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The Temple of Nature or the Origin of Society: A Poem ...
Author: Erasmus Darwin Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781428648609 ISBN: 1428648607 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 2006-07 [... more]
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