Darwin and the barnacle (Hardcover)

In 1846 Darwin had a secret: an essay sealed in an envelope and locked in his study drawer which would overturn human understanding of time and nature forever. Before he published, he had just one more riddle to solve, that of the strange anatomy of a barnacle, nick-named Mr Arthrobalanus, found in South America during the voyage of the Beagle. Abberant creatures like these are the key to the processes of natural selection, but eight years later, with a study filled with hundreds of barnacle specimens, the case is still unclosed.;Was Darwin hesitating? Or was he testing his "dangerous idea" to destruction? "Darwin and the Barnacle" is the story of how genius sometimes proceeds through indirection - and how one small creature contributed to history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2003
Authors:	Rebecca Stott
Dimensions:	216 x 135mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-20966-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
LSN:	0-571-20966-1
Barcode:	9780571209668

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