Darwin
- ISBN-10
- 0393311503
- ISBN-13
- 9780393311501
- Series
- Darwin
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 808
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Authors
- James Moore, Adrian J. Desmond, James Richard Moore
Description
A biography of the naturalist disputes misconceptions, discussing how Darwin concealed his theory of evolution for twenty years, agonizing over its implications and the impact it would have on his social standing.
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