Charles and Emma
Subtitle: the Darwins' leap of faith
By: Deborah Heiligman
Edition: First Scholastic edition.
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780545448734
Subjects: Naturalists; Biography
Other titles: Darwins' leap of faith
Description: Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma, were deeply in love and very supportive of each other, but their opinions often clashed. Emma was extremely religious, and Charles questioned God's very existence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-262) and index.

Lexile: 1020.
Table of contents: title: Better than a dog; title: Rat catching; title: Conceal your doubts; title: Where doors and windows stand open; title: Little Miss Slip-Slop; title: The next world; title: The sensation of fear; title: A leap; title: A busy man; title: Melancholy thoughts; title: A whirl of noise and motion; title: Heavy baggage, blazing fires; title: Definition of happiness; title: Pregnant thoughts; title: Little annimalcules; title: Down in the country; title: Sudden deaths; title: Barnacles and babies; title: Doing custards; title: A fretful child; title: God only knows the issue; title: A dear and good child; title: Against the rules; title: Terrible suffering; title: The origins of The Origin; title: Dependent on each other in so complex a manner; title: Wat the lord hath delivered; title: Feeling , not reasoning; title: Sus a noise; title: Mere trickery; title: Warmth to the end; title: Happy is the man; title: Unasked questions; title: So much to worship.