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The definitive biography of Charles Darwin—now in a condensed and fully updated edition. Based on the two-volume biography that won the National Book Critics Circle Award and has been praised as “the definitive biography of Darwin” (Newsday) • “a magnificent and well-balanced portrait” (The Washington Post) • and “magnificent” and “irresistible” (The Sunday Times).
The award-winning, two-volume biography of Charles Darwin by Janet Browne has been described by many critics as the definitive biography of the father of evolution. Now, Browne has revised and fully updated the work into a concise yet complete monograph that offers significant new interpretations of Darwin and the scientific and political legacy of his discoveries.
Few men shook the Victorian world like Darwin, and his story in many ways is that of the nineteenth century. The theory of evolution was born in the age of empire and had its greatest impact in the age of capitalism. Changing the course of science, culture, and history, it profoundly influences literature, art, philosophy, religion, politics, and economics.
This compelling biography follows Darwin from his early life and adventures on the HMS Beagle to the turmoil of becoming one of the first scientific celebrities with the publication of "On the Origin of Species." Through personal letters and records, Browne describes the processes that brought the idea of evolution by natural selection into British society and beyond, especially Darwin’s relationship with Alfred Russel Wallace, who simultaneously proposed the same theory, as well as with the many people who helped and supported Darwin, including his wife Emma Wedgwood.
Combining the best elements of social and intellectual biography, Browne places Darwin in cultural context and integrates his ideas with his private life. Lively, revealing, and compellingly readable, Darwin is the empathetic biography of a noble naturalist who would become one of the most important, influential, and controversial scientists of all time.
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Language
- English
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Number of Pages
- 568
- Release Date
- 02/06/2026
- Type
- Biography, Diaries
- Attribute
- Artists, Scientists
- Publication Date
- 2026
- Dimensions
- -
- ISBN-13
- 9780691232256
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