Charles Darwin - by Stephen Webster (Paperback)

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About the Book When Darwin announced his theory of evolution by natural selection, he did more than transform biology. By showing how life on Earth evolved, Darwin told us that humans too are part of nature. Book Synopsis When Darwin announced his theory of evolution by natural selection, he did more than transform biology. Before his great work, humans were comfortably different from other life, a special creation. By showing how life on Earth evolved, Darwin told us that humans too are part of nature. His decisive experience - a five-year round-the-world voyage on the Beagle - set him thinking about the diversity of life, ideas that would challenge the scientific establishment and Victori…