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
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.