Darwin's Mentor
Subtitle: John Stevens Henslow, 17961861
Contributors: Patrick Bateson (Foreword)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 22, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780521591461
Subjects: Biography: general; Biology, Life Sciences; History of science; Life Sciences - Botany; General; Biography/Autobiography; Religious; Botany (General); Clergy; Henslow, J. S; Biography & Autobiography; Science; England; Botanists; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Henslow, J. S.--(John Stevens),--1796-1861; Science / Botany; (John Stevens),; Great Britain; Henslow, J. S.; 1796-1861; Biography; Hitcham (England)
First sentence: This is a book about an admirable man whose qualities have been overshadowed, even distorted, by the reputation of his most famous pupil, Charles Darwin.