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by David Quammen

Bettie's Books rated it

12 years ago

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The Reluctant Mr Darwinmp3fraudionon-fictionsciencesautumn 2012partial biographyhistoryI know, there are lies, lies and lies, and then there are statistics; unhappily though, it is very scary the number of Americans who do not go along with materialistic evolution.Is there room for yet another book ...

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18 years ago

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I felt as though Charles Darwin was a personal acquaintance of mine by the time I finished this book. It is a very readable and colorfully written study of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin. It focuses on the period just after Darwin’s work aboard the Beagle, and sheds light on his work habits...

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