Description |
xxi, 808 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1809--1831. 1. Catching a Falling Christian. 2. The Northern Athens. 3. Sea-Mats & Seditious Science. 4. Anglican Orders. 5. Paradise & Punishment. 6. The Man Who Walks with Henslow. 7. Every Man for Himself -- 1831-1836. 8. My Final Exit. 9. A Chaos of Delight. 10. Troubled Spirits from Another World. 11. Shaken Foundations. 12. Colonial Life. 13. Temples of Nature -- 1836-1842. 14. A Peacock Admiring His Tail. 15. Reforming Nature. 16. Tearing Down the Barriers. 17. Mental Rioting. 18. Marriage & Malthusian Respectability. 19. The Dreadful War -- 1842-1851. 20. The Extreme Verge of the World. 21. Murder. 22. Illformed Little Monsters. 23. Al Diabolo. 24. My Water Doctor. 25. Our Bitter & Cruel Loss -- 1851-1860. 26. A Gentleman with Capital. 27. Ugly Facts. 28. Gunships & Grog Shops. 29. Horrid Wretches Like Me. 30. A Low & Lewd Nature. 31. What Would a Chimpanzee Say? 32. Breaking Cover -- 1860-1871. 33. More Kicks than Halfpence. 34. From the Womb of the Ape |
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35. A Living Grave. 36. Emerald Beauty. 37. Sex, Politics, & the X. 38. Disintegrating Speculations -- 1871-1882. 39. Pause, Pause, Pause. 40. A Wretched Bigot. 41. Never an Atheist. 42. Down among the Worms. 43. The Final Experiment. 44. An Agnostic in the Abbey |
Notes |
"First Warner Books printing"--T.p. verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 740-771) and index |
Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Naturalists -- England -- Biography.
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Scientists -- England -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Author |
Moore, James R. (James Richard), 1947-
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LC no. |
91050412 |
ISBN |
0446515892 |
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