Introducing Darwin: A Graphic Guide

Miller, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 1848311176 / ISBN 13: 9781848311176

Published by Icon Books, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introducing Darwin: A Graphic Guide
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848311176
• ISBN 13: 9781848311176
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Van Loon, Borin
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Progress in genetics today would not be possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who laid the rational basis for undermining belief in God's creation was remarkable timid. He spent most of his life in seclusion; a semi-invalid, riddled with doubts, fearing the controversy his theories might unleash.

In this brilliantly lucid book - a classic originally published in 1982 - Jonathan Miller unravels Darwin's life and his contribution to biology, and traces the path from his scientific predecessors to the later modifications that his own evolutionary theories required.

Introducing Darwin brings alive the difficult progress from pre-Darwinian thinking to modern genetics and the devastatingly important impact of one man on our fundamental understanding of biology, life and ourselves.

About the Author

Jonathan Miller studied natural sciences at Cambridge University and subsequently qualified as a Doctor of Medicine in 1959. Since then he has become well known internationally as a writer and director of plays and operas. Borin Van Loon is a Surrealist artist and illustrator whose work ranges from oil paintings to a cut-out book on DNA.