num_pages: 624
description: This concluding volume of Janet Browne's biography covers the transformation in Darwin's life after the first unexpected announcement of the theory of evolution by natural selection and the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. Always a private man, Darwin found himself a controversial figure, reviewed and discussed in circles that stretched far beyond the boundaries of Victorian science. Janet Browne here examines the wider publishing world of Victorian England and the different audiences that responded to the ideas of one of the leading thinkers of the nineteenth century and considers the Darwinian revolution from Darwin's point of view.
language: English
title: Charles Darwin: A Biography, Vol. 2 - The Power of Place
titlecomplete: Charles Darwin: A Biography, Vol. 2 - The Power of Place
characters: Charles Darwin
genres: History, Biology, Biography Memoir, Biography, Science, Natural History, History Of Science, Nonfiction, Evolution
ratings_count: 709
series: Charles Darwin
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Biography, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: W.H. Heinemann Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Pfizer Award
publisher: Princeton University Press