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Darwin S Ghosts

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Author : Rebecca Stott
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-06-12

Darwin S Ghosts written by Rebecca Stott and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-12 with Science categories.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “[An] extraordinarily wide-ranging and engaging book [about] the men who shaped the work of Charles Darwin . . . a book that enriches our understanding of how the struggle to think new thoughts is shared across time and space and people.”—The Sunday Telegraph (London) Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin received an unsettling letter. He had expected criticism; in fact, letters were arriving daily, most expressing outrage and accusations of heresy. But this letter was different. It accused him of failing to acknowledge his predecessors, of taking credit for a theory that had already been discovered by others. Darwin realized that he had made an error in omitting from Origin of Species any mention of his intellectual forebears. Yet when he tried to trace all of the natural philosophers who had laid the groundwork for his theory, he found that history had already forgotten many of them. Darwin’s Ghosts tells the story of the collective discovery of evolution, from Aristotle, walking the shores of Lesbos with his pupils, to Al-Jahiz, an Arab writer in the first century, from Leonardo da Vinci, searching for fossils in the mine shafts of the Tuscan hills, to Denis Diderot in Paris, exploring the origins of species while under the surveillance of the secret police, and the brilliant naturalists of the Jardin de Plantes, finding evidence for evolutionary change in the natural history collections stolen during the Napoleonic wars. Evolution was not discovered single-handedly, Rebecca Stott argues, contrary to what has become standard lore, but is an idea that emerged over many centuries, advanced by daring individuals across the globe who had the imagination to speculate on nature’s extraordinary ways, and who had the courage to articulate such speculations at a time when to do so was often considered heresy. With each chapter focusing on an early evolutionary thinker, Darwin’s Ghosts is a fascinating account of a diverse group of individuals who, despite the very real dangers of challenging a system in which everything was presumed to have been created perfectly by God, felt compelled to understand where we came from. Ultimately, Stott demonstrates, ideas—including evolution itself—evolve just as animals and plants do, by intermingling, toppling weaker notions, and developing over stretches of time. Darwin’s Ghosts presents a groundbreaking new theory of an idea that has changed our very understanding of who we are. Praise for Darwin’s Ghosts “Absorbing . . . Stott captures the breathless excitement of an investigation on the cusp of the unknown. . . . A lively, original book.”—The New York Times Book Review “Stott’s research is broad and unerring; her book is wonderful. . . . An exhilarating romp through 2,000 years of fascinating scientific history.”—Nature “Stott brings Darwin himself to life. . . . [She] writes with a novelist’s flair. . . . Darwin and the ‘ghosts’ so richly described in Ms. Stott’s enjoyable book are the descendants of Aristotle and Bacon and the ancestors of today’s scientists.”—The Wall Street Journal “Riveting . . . Stott has done a wonderful job in showing just how many extraordinary people had speculated on where we came from before the great theorist dispelled all doubts.”—The Guardian (U.K.)

Darwin S Ghosts

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Author : Rebecca Stott
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-01-01

Darwin S Ghosts written by Rebecca Stott and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Soon after publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected outrage and accusations of heresy, but this letter was different: it accused him of taking credit for a theory that wasn't his. Yet when he tried to trace his intellectual forebears, he found that history had already forgotten them...Rediscovering Aristotle on the shores of Lesbos and Leonardo da Vinci fossil hunting in the Tuscan hills, this is a masterful retelling of the collective daring of a few like-minded men, whose early theories flew in the face of prevailing political and religious orthodoxies and laid the foundations for Darwin's revolutionary idea.

Proteus

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

Proteus written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with American literature categories.

Darwin S Ghosts

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Author : Ariel Dorfman
language : en
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Release Date : 2018-11-06

Darwin S Ghosts written by Ariel Dorfman and has been published by Seven Stories Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-06 with Fiction categories.

From the author of Death and the Maiden and other works that explore relations of power in the postcolonial world comes the story of a man whose distant past comes to haunt him. Is the sordid story behind human zoos that flourished in Europe in the nineteenth century connected somehow to a boy's life a hundred years later? On Fitzroy Foster's fourteenth birthday on September 11, 1981, he receives an unexpected and unwelcome gift: when his father snaps his picture with a Polaroid, another person's image appears in the photo. Fitzroy and his childhood sweetheart, Cam, set out on a decade-long journey in search of this stranger's identity—and to reinstate his own—across seas and continents, into the far past and the evil and good that glint in the eyes of the elusive visitor. Seamlessly weaving together fact and fiction, Darwin's Ghosts holds up a different light to Conrad's "The horror! The horror!" and a different kind of answer to the urgent questions, Who are we? And what can we do about it?

J Sheridan Le Fanu

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Author : Gary W. Crawford
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1995-01-24

J Sheridan Le Fanu written by Gary W. Crawford and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Known primarily for his ghost stories and mysteries, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was one of the most popular writers of the Victorian era. Many of his works were published anonymously, and he either owned or had an interest in four Irish newspapers, which served as an outlet for other anonymous pieces by him. This bibliography provides as comprehensive a record as possible of Le Fanu's works. It also includes a bibliography of books, articles, and dissertations about him. The volume begins with a short biography of Le Fanu, followed by a bibliography of his writings. This bibliography is divided into magazine appearances, books, anthology appearances, and manuscript sources. Entries in each of these sections are arranged chronologically. Annotations comment briefly upon these primary works, and annotations for anonymous works attributed to Le Fanu include the names of those who have assigned these writings to him. The bibliography of secondary sources is also divided into several sections, with entries arranged alphabetically by author. While most annotations are descriptive, some correct erroneous information.

Jackanapes Daddy Darwin S Dovecot The Story Of A Short Life

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Author : Juliana Horatia Ewing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896

Jackanapes Daddy Darwin S Dovecot The Story Of A Short Life written by Juliana Horatia Ewing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Children's stories, English categories.

The Gospel According To Darwin

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Author : Woods Hutchinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898

The Gospel According To Darwin written by Woods Hutchinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Evolution categories.

Critical Notes On Evolution

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Author : William L. Fischer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957

Critical Notes On Evolution written by William L. Fischer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Evolution categories.

The World S Best Essays From The Earliest Period To The Present Time

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Author : David Josiah Brewer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900

The World S Best Essays From The Earliest Period To The Present Time written by David Josiah Brewer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900 with American essays categories.

Darwin And Hegel

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Author : David George Ritchie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893

Darwin And Hegel written by David George Ritchie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Economics categories.