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Charles Darwin Volume 2
  • Published: 1 September 2003
  • ISBN: 9780712668378
  • Imprint: Pimlico
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 624
  • RRP: $70.00
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Charles Darwin Volume 2

The Power at Place

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1 Sept 2003
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'The second, final volume of her magnificent life of Darwin. Much the best biography of Darwin to date, it makes irresistible reading' Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times

This concluding volume of Janet Browne's biography covers the transformation in Darwin's life after the first unexpected announcement of the theory of evolution by natural selection and the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. Always a private man, Darwin found himself a controversial figure, reviewed and discussed in circles that stretched far beyond the boundaries of Victorian science.

Janet Browne here examines the wider publishing world of Victorian England and the different audiences that responded to the ideas of one of the leading thinkers of the nineteenth century and considers the Darwinian revolution from Darwin's point of view.
  • Published: 1 September 2003
  • ISBN: 9780712668378
  • Imprint: Pimlico
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 624
  • RRP: $70.00
Categories:

About the author

Janet Browne

Janet Browne is a zoologist and historian of science. She was formerly a Professor in the History of Biology at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College, London. She is currently the Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University.

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Praise for Charles Darwin Volume 2

A marvellous book... This second part of the life stands on its own. Soothing, unhurried and absorbing

Jane Ridley, Spectator

Browne's first volume was warmly received when it appeared seven years ago, and the second triumphantly fulfils its promise...[a] remarkable book

James Secord, Daily Telegraph

One of the most distinguished of all modern biographies

Guardian

A monumental and absorbing biography

Scotsman

Her first book, Voyaging, was hailed as a magisterial introduction to Darwin's life, a work that vividly evoked period, character and ideas. The only question was: could she follow it up? It has taken seven years to get an answer: an emphatic yes

Robin McKie, Observer