Darwin's Origin of species : a biography / Janet Browne.

Darwin's foremost biographer, historian Janet Browne, delivers an accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human. A sensation on its publication in 1859, The Origin of Species profoundly shocked Victorian readers by calling into question the...

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Main Author:	Browne, E. J. (E. Janet), 1950-
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2006], ©2006.
Series:	Books that changed the world (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:	Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882. > On the origin of species. Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882. Naturalists > England > Biography.
Genre:	Biography.
Physical Description:	x, 174 pages ; 21 cm.
Variant Title:	Origin of species.
Format:	Book