Charles Darwin
By: Sarah Ridley
Series: Super scientists
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781445130552; 9781445130637
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Naturalists; Biography; Scientists
Description: Super Scientists are first biographies introducing some of the world's great scientists, simply retelling their lives and explaining why their work was important. Illustrated with archive images and photographs, the chronology of each lifetime is emphasised by a timeline that runs through the book. Charles Darwin tells the story of this key scientific figure, covering his origins as the son of a wealthy doctor, to his famous voyage on HMS Beagle, the development of his evolutionary theories and the publication of On the Origin of Species to his death and burial in Westminster Abbey.
Table of contents: title: A country childhood; title: To university; title: All aboard HMS Beagle; title: How old is the world?; title: Darwin the collector; title: Home at last; title: Proving his idea; title: On the origin of species; title: Fame and success; title: A great scientist.