Title: Charles Darwin : a biography /
Authors: Bowlby, John.
Publisher: Hutchinson,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Darwin, Charles.; Darwin, Charles,; Darwin, Charles,; Science; Naturalists England Biography; Science Biography.
Abstract: One of the most influential biologists to ever live.
Contents: Brief chronology -- Prologue -- Two distinguished grandfathers : Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood -- Parents to genius -- A tragic loss; a formidable presence -- A vulnerable personality -- Science and natural history at Edinburgh 1825-1827 -- Sport, beetles and philosophy at Cambridge 1828-1831 -- A great and uncommon opportunity 1831 -- Opportunity seized 1832-1834 -- A troubled spirit 1832-1834 -- A voyage grievously too long 1834-1836 -- Geology carries the day 1832-1836 -- From prospective parson to aspiring scientist 1832-1836 -- Three fertile years 1837-1839 -- Darwin's revolutionary ideas -- The day of days 1838-1839 -- A bitter mortification 1839-1842 -- Early years at Down 1842-1846 -- Too dispirited to write 1847-1849 -- Grief never wholly obliterated 1850-1853 -- Everlasting barnacles, a rising star and a dark horse 1853-1854 -- Sometimes in triumph, sometimes in despair 1855-1858 -- My abominable volume 1858-1859 -- Awful battles and staunch friends 1860-1862 -- A fearful disappointment 1863-1867 -- An odious spectre 1868-1871 -- A perfectly uniform life 1871-1872 -- Almost an Indian summer 1873-1877 -- Last years 1878-1882 -- Epilogue -- Appendix : Darwin's ill health in the light of current research.