The Darwin archipelago : the naturalist's career beyond Origin of species
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The Darwin archipelago : the naturalist's career beyond Origin of species
Original Title:
Darwin's island
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Format:
Books
ISBN:
| 9780300155402 |
Summary:
Examines the influence of Charles Darwin's lesser-known works, discussing his "Earthworms," "Expression of Emotions," "Self-Fertilization," and "Forms of Flowers," and explaining how these works influenced modern biology.
Publication Date:
2011
General Note:
"An earlier edition of this book was published in Great Britain in 2009 by Little, Brown, as Darwin's island : the Galapagos in the garden of England."--T.p. verso.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
xv, 228 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
The queen's orang-utan -- The green tyrannosaurs -- Shock and awe -- The triumph of the well bred -- The domestic ape -- The thinking plant -- A perfect fowl -- Where the bee sniffs -- The worms crawl in -- Envoi: Darwin's island.
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