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Darwin’s Ghosts by Rebecca Stott.. Darwin shares the blame at last. Here each chapter is devoted to a precursor in the ontogeny of Darwin’s ideas. Smack dab scientific, and great storytelling, though some still want to saddle their dinosaurs. Put this in your Petri dish and smoke it. – Joel Gardner, LitSnap Editor |
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"Stott's research is broad and unerring; her book is wonderful…. An exhilarating romp through 2,000 years of fascinating scientific history." – Nature "Stott does a superb job of setting the scene for her protagonists, whether on the island of Lesbos, 18th-century Cairo, or revolutionary Paris. But her real strength lies in intellectual history. She demonstrates conclusively that evolutionary ideas were circulating among intellectuals for many centuries and that, for most of that time, those who promoted these ideas found themselves under attack by religious and political leaders. Darwin’s scientific breakthrough, therefore, did not occur in a vacuum, but rather provided the most fully conceptualized theory. Stott has produced a colorful, skillfully written, and thoughtful examination of the evolution of one of our most important scientific theories." – Publishers Weekly |
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Author bio: Rebecca Stott is a professor of English literature and creative writing at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. She is the author of the novels The Coral Thief and Ghostwalk and a biography, Darwin and the Barnacle, and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio. She lives in Cambridge, England. More information can be found here: http://www.randomhouse.com/spiegelandgrau/catalog/author/?authorid=74121 |
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Book Details: Science/Technology; (416 pp. Kindle/Audiobook/Print editions) Publisher Website: http://www.randomhouse.com/spiegelandgrau/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400069378 |
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