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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Stott, Rebecca.     Subjects     Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species.     Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Sources.     Evolution (Biology) -- History.     Evolution (Biology)     Natural selection.     Scientists -- Biography.     Naturalists -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Stott, Rebecca.       by title:      Darwin's ghosts : th...       by call number:      576.82 S888d     Search the Web     Stott, Rebecca.     Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species.     Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Sources.     Evolution (Biology) -- History.     Evolution (Biology)     Natural selection.     Scientists -- Biography.     Naturalists -- Biography.       MARC Display

Darwin's ghosts : the secret history of evolution / Rebecca Stott. by Stott, Rebecca. Spiegel & Grau, 2012. Call #: 576.82 S888d Subjects Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species.   Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Sources.   Evolution (Biology) -- History.   Evolution (Biology)   Natural selection.   Scientists -- Biography.   Naturalists -- Biography. ISBN:  9780812981704 (pbk.) 9781400069378 (hc.) 1400069378 (hc.) Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Description:  xviii, 396 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes:  "Originally published in hardcover in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing Pic, London"--T.p. verso. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-376) and index. Contents:  Darwin's List, Kent, 1859 -- Aristotle's Eyes, Lesbos, 344 BC -- The Worshipful Curiosity of Jahiz, Basra and Baghdad, 850 -- Leonardo and the Potter, Milan, 1493; Paris, 1570 -- Trembley's Polyp, The Hague, 1740 -- The Consul of Cairo, Cairo, 1708 -- The Hotel of the Philosophers, Paris, 1749 -- Erasmus Underground, Derbyshire, 1767 -- The Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1800 -- The Sponge Philosopher, Edinburgh, 1826 -- The Encyclopaedist, Edinburgh, 1844 -- Alfred Wallace's Fevered Dreams, Malay Archipelago, 1858 -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Darwin's "Historical Sketch." Summary:  Citing an 1859 letter that accused Charles Darwin of failing to acknowledge his scientific predecessors, a chronicle of the collective history of evolution dedicates each chapter to an evolutionary thinker, from Aristotle and da Vinci to Denis Diderot and Alfred Wallace. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 576.82 S888d Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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