Darwin's luck : chance and fortune in the life and work of Charles Darwin /: chance and fortune in the life and work of Charles Darwin. (2009)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Darwin's luck : chance and fortune in the life and work of Charles Darwin /: chance and fortune in the life and work of Charles Darwin. (2009)
- Main Title:
- Darwin's luck : chance and fortune in the life and work of Charles Darwin
- Further Information:
- Note: Patrick H. Armstrong.
- Other Names:
- Armstrong, Patrick, 1941-
- Contents:
- Charles Darwin's origins -- To lose one parent is a misfortune : childhood and adolescence -- Cambridge : it's who you know as much as what you know -- The offer and its acceptance -- Sailor's luck -- Scientific development aboard HMS Beagle : seeing things in the right order -- Darwin's women -- From London's 'dirt, noise, vice and misery' to an 'extraordinarily rural and quiet village' -- The Down and up of family life -- The dawning of a dangerous idea -- The origins of the Origin -- Afterwards -- Last things -- Good luck or bad luck?
- Publisher Details:
- London : Continuum
- Publication Date:
- 2009
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xv, 195 pages), illustrations, map, portraits
- Subjects:
- 576.82092
Naturalists -- England -- Biography
Evolution (Biology)
Fortune
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
Evolution (Biology)
Fortune
Naturalists
England
Electronic books
Biography - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781441181695
1441181695 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781847251503
1847251501 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xv) and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.417081
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