Darwin's ghosts : the secret history of evolution / Rebecca Stott.
TITLE:
Darwin's ghosts : the secret history of evolution / Rebecca Stott.
By:
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
New York : Spiegel & Grau,
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Description:
xviii, 396 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Citing an 1859 letter that accused Charles Darwin of failing to acknowledge his scientific predecessors, a chronicle of the collective history of evolution dedicates each chapter to an evolutionary thinker, from Aristotle and da Vinci to Denis Diderot and Alfred Wallace.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781400069378
