Darwin's Island
The Galapagos in the Garden of England
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Origin of Species' ist sicher das berühmteste Buch der Wissenschaft, doch seine Größe überdeckt häufig das Gesamtwerk Darwins. Auf Galápagos war er nur fünf Wochen - um nach seiner Rückkehr England nie wieder zu verlassen. Vierzig Jahre lang studierte...
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The Origin of Species' ist sicher das berühmteste Buch der Wissenschaft, doch seine Größe überdeckt häufig das Gesamtwerk Darwins. Auf Galápagos war er nur fünf Wochen - um nach seiner Rückkehr England nie wieder zu verlassen. Vierzig Jahre lang studierte er Pflanzen, Tiere und Menschen seiner Heimat und schrieb über so verschiedenartige Themen wie Hunde, Fleischfressende Pflanzen, Orchideen, Affen, Regenwürmer und menschliche Emotionen - eine Reise des Geistes.
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The Origin of Species may be the most famous book in science but its stature tends to obscure much of Charles Darwin's other works. His visit to the Galapagos lasted just five weeks and on his return he never left Britain again. Darwin spent forty years working on the plants, animals and people of his native land and wrote over six million words on topics as different as dogs, insect-eating plants, orchids, earthworms, apes and human emotion. Together they laid the foundations of modern biology.
In this beautifully written, witty and illuminating book, Steve Jones explores the domestic Darwin, tracing the great naturalist's journey across Britain: a voyage not of the body, but of the mind.
Autoren-Porträt von Steve Jones
Steve Jones is a Senior Research Fellow at University College, London and has worked at universities in the USA, Australia and Africa. He gave the Reith Lectures in 1991 and presented a BBC TV series on human genetics and evolution in 1996. He appears frequently on radio and television.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Steve Jones
- 2010, 352 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,7 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN-10: 0349121419
- ISBN-13: 9780349121413
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Darwin's Island “
** 'Steve Jones who in ALMOST LIKE A WHALE successfully rewrote Darwin in the 21st century, reminds us in DARWIN'S ISLAND that Darwin did actually write 19 other books which are full of insight into the human condition and into the flora and fauna of Britain - hence his title. If you were to read one new book on Darwin this year, this should be it Christopher Hudson, DAILY MAIL ** 'Darwin's theory of evolution is often imagined to be the result of his voyage to the Galapagos Islands aboard HMS Beagle. But as Steve Jones points out at the start of his enthralling book, he spent only five weeks in the Galapagos, whereas for 40 yea John Carey SUNDAY TIMES ** 'Wow, Goodness me! Fancy that! Well I never! This is what you will be saying at every other page of Steve Jones's brilliant, remarkable, profound and deeply unsettling book. Your reactions otherwise will be shock and awe: shock at how far down the road to hell humankind has pushed its handcart, and awe at the light way Jones wears his formidable learning. If there is one book to be read at this bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of his The Origin of Species, then this must be it Andy Barclay IRISH TIMES Darwin's Island fills in the details of four decades that followed his five years on HMS Beagle. A professor of genetics and a gifted writer who has already successfully updated Darwin for the 21st century in an earlier book, Steve Jones is ideally place Roger Highfield DAILY TELEGRAPH
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