Today Charles Darwin is regarded as one of die most if not the most
influential scientists of all time. Yet in his lifetime his radical
new interpretation of evolution, based on the mechanism of natural
selection, earned him as much antagonism as it did acclaim, and it
was only after his death that his towering achievements received
their fullest recognition.
"A Life in Science" examines both the scientist and the
science, putting one firmly in the context of the other. Remembered
today above all as a biologist, Darwin first made his mark in
science as a geologist and palaeontologist, and continued to have
wide-ranging scientific interests throughout his life. John Gribbin
and Michael White bring us a revealing portrait of a man plagued by
illness and personal tragedy, who was nonetheless driven despite
all setbacks to pursue his scientific goals. At the same time they
lucidly explain the enormous impact of his thinking on natural
selection and evolution, bringing the reader up to date in terms of
how Darwinism has shaped modern thought.
John Gribbin, geb. 1946 in Maidstone/Kent, studierte Physik und Astronomie, war Mitarbeiter bei 'Nature', 'New Scientist' und der 'Times'. Er lehrt und forscht an der University of Sussex und hat zahlreiche Sachbücher geschrieben.
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