Publisher's Synopsis
Thanks to his family's wealth and forbearance Dr Darwin's gifted son could devote all his time to his passionate curiosity about the natural world. No one could have made better use of such advantage, and his physical and intellectual excitement on the Beagle voyage comes freshly alive in thse pages, as do the years of work that followed that mind-altering experience.
Aydon's account of this brilliant thinker who was also a kindly and charming man, combines historical accuracy with lucid science. He explains what The Origin of Species was about and offers a ringside seat at the spendid row that followed publication. With conflict still raging over the teaching of creationism he allows us to appeciate fully the humanity and breadth of thought of the father of evolutionary theory.
