Stott: Darwin and the Barnacle (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2004)

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Country of Origin
United States
Subject
Science & Technology
Subjects
Mathematics & Sciences
Age Level
Adults
ISBN
9780393325713
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393325717
ISBN-13
9780393325713
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30230542

Product Key Features

Book Title
Darwin and the Barnacle : The Story of One Tiny Creature and History's Most Spectacular Scientific Breakthrough
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Life Sciences / Evolution, Science & Technology
Genre
Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Rebecca Stott
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Stott is skillful with many of the thematic connections here and her narration is exciting, gripping and addictively readable., Perfect reading for your next beach holiday; you'll never look at a barnacle, or at Darwin, the same way again.
Dewey Decimal
576.8/092
Synopsis
A scientific detective story that illuminates the remarkable saga of Darwin's greatest achievement. Pairing Charles Darwin and a rare species of barnacle as her unlikely protagonists, Rebecca Stott has written an absorbing work of history that guides readers through the treacherous shoals of nineteenth-century biology. Beginning her scientific detective story in the 1820s, even before Darwin's Beagle voyage, Stott examines the mystery of why Darwin waited over two decades between formulating his pivotal theory of natural selection and publishing it. Lavishly illustrated, filled with riddles and concepts that challenge our notion of Victorian science, Darwin and the Barnacle is a thrilling account of how genius proceeds through indirection--and how one small item of curiosity contributed to history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough., A scientific detective story that illuminates the remarkable saga of Darwin's greatest achievement. Pairing Charles Darwin and a rare species of barnacle as her unlikely protagonists, Rebecca Stott has written an absorbing work of history that guides readers through the treacherous shoals of nineteenth-century biology. Beginning her scientific detective story in the 1820s, even before Darwin's Beagle voyage, Stott examines the mystery of why Darwin waited over two decades between formulating his pivotal theory of natural selection and publishing it. Lavishly illustrated, filled with riddles and concepts that challenge our notion of Victorian science, Darwin and the Barnacle is a thrilling account of how genius proceeds through indirection and how one small item of curiosity contributed to history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough."

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