Darwin and the Barnacle

Informationen zum Autor Rebecca Stott is a writer, academic and radio broadcaster. She teaches in the English Literature Department of Anglia Polytechnic University in Cambridge and is an affiliated scholar in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University. She has no aquarium and enjoys seafood. She lives in Cambridge and no longer dreams of barnacles. Klappentext The story of one tiny creature and history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough. In 1846, Charles Darwin has a secret: an essay, sealed in an envelope and locked in his study drawer, which will overturn human understanding of time and nature forever. Zusammenfassung The story of one tiny creature and history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough. In 1846, Charles Darwin has a secret: an essay, sealed in an envelope and locked in his study drawer, which will overturn human understanding of time and nature forever.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Stott, Stott Rebecca
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2004
• EAN: 9780571216093
• ISBN: 978-0-571-21609-3
• No. of pages: 309
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Evolution, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Genius; Scientists