Darwin's Backyard - How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory - How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory. Including Do-It-Yourself Experiments

A portrait of Darwin as an inveterate experimenter describes how he used his home, garden, and the surrounding woodlands as a field station where he conducted hands-on experiments to test his ideas for the theory of evolution.

About the author

James T. Costa is a professor of biology at Western Carolina University, executive director of Highlands Biological Station, and a trustee of the Charles Darwin Trust. The author of Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species; The Annotated Origin; and The Other Insect Societies, he lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Summary

How Darwin found universal evolutionary truths in simple yet ingenious home-spun experiments.

Product details

• Authors: James Costa, James T Costa, James T. Costa, Costa James T.
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780393239898
• ISBN: 978-0-393-23989-8
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 247 mm x 37 mm
• Weight: 806 g
• Illustrations: 60 line drawings
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine