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    Darwin : portrait of a genius / Paul Johnson.
    by Johnson, Paul, 1928-
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    Viking, 2012.
    Call #:576.82092 D228j
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  • Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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  • Naturalists -- England -- Biography.
    • ISBN: 
    9780670025718
    0670025712
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    164 p. ; 24 cm.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents: 
    A heritage of genius, and its shadow -- Education and self-education of a scientist -- The loss of God -- The making of a masterpiece -- Among the apes and angels -- How the great botanist missed an opportunity -- Evils of social Darwinism -- Triumph and the reversal of natural selection.
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    From Darwin's birth into great fortune to his voyage aboard the Beagle, to the long-delayed publication of his masterpiece, Johnson delves into what made this Victorian gentleman into a visionary scientist and into the tragic flaws that later led Darwin to support the burgeoning eugenics movement.
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