Description: Darwin was described by his friend and champion Thomas Huxley as a symbol. But what did he symbolize? In Wilson's portrait, both sympathetic and critical, Darwin was two men. On the one hand, he was a brilliant naturalist, a patient and precise collector and curator who greatly expanded the possibilities of taxonomy and geology. On the other hand, Darwin, a seemingly diffident man who appeared gentle and even lazy, hid a burning ambition to be a universal.genius: he longed to havea theory that explained everything But was Darwin's 1859 masterwork, On the Origin of Species, really what it seemed, a work about natural history? Orwas it in fact a consolation myth for the Victorian middle classes, reassuring them that selfishness and indifference to the poor...(from back panel)
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Type: Audiobook
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Audio CD, Unabridged
Run Time: 18.5 hours
Unit Quantity: 15 CD's
Narrator: Richard Burnip
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
Book Title: Charles Darwin : Victorian Mythmaker
Topic: General
Publication Year: 2017
Language: English
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Author: A. N. Wilson
Format: Compact Disc
