A biography of the English naturalist who, after collecting plants and animals from around the world, came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection.
In 1840, Charles Darwin found a new and strange species of frog in Chile that shocked and stumped scientists, scientists continued to study the frog through the years, and today scientists are working to save Darwin's frog from extinction.
In small-town Michigan, twelve-year-old Zoomy and his new friend Lorrol investigate the journal found inside a mysterious box and find family secrets and a more valuable treasure, while a dangerous stranger watches and waits.
A biography of the nineteenth-century English naturalist whose study trips, on which he documented the diversity of animal life, led him to develop theories about evolution and natural selection.
In nineteenth-century England, young Charles Darwin rejects the more traditional careers of physician and clergyman, choosing instead to embark on a dangerous five-year journey by ship to explore the natural world.
Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this naturalist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.
A biography of English naturalist Charles Darwin that provides an account of the personality behind evolutionary theory and the affect of his work on his personal life, such as his relationship with his religious wife.
the naturalist who started a scientific revolution
Aydon, Cyril
2002
Explores how Charles Darwin's "The Origin of the Species" and "The Descent of Man" forever changed scientists' and society's views of life on earth and man's place in the natural order.