Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.82 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1573229555 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"The human side of Charles Darwin" according to David B Richman. Charles Darwin has been much vilified by creationists for the development of his "atheistic" theory of evolution by natural selection. This book portrays the true Charles Darwin as a grieving and loving father and husband, a very human and humane doubter in revealed religi. A lovely peek into Darwin's private life. Not long ago I reviewed a book on Alfred Russell Wallace, In Darwin's Shadow, where I suggested that Wallace's life had probably been a happier one. A reader of that review suggested that this was not necessarily the case, and suggested that I do further research on Darwin. Joseph L. DeRose said A well researched and illustrative account of Darwin.. This is a well researched biographical account of Darwin, his family and the struggle he had with the death of his ten-year old beloved daughter. Her death haunted him until he himself died. The author did an excellent job of illustrating Darwin's character and his thought
(Jan.)Forecast: General readers attracted by the book's warm, sentimental cover won't be disappointed by Keynes's equally accessible prose.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. In particular, his anguish over his 10-year-old daughter Annie's death sharpened his conviction that the operation of natural laws had nothing to do with divine intervention or morality. Keynes, also a descendant of economist John Maynard Keynes, shows that much of Darwin's intellectual struggle in writing On the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man arose from his efforts to understand the role of suffering and death in the natural order of the world. From Publishers Weekly In this intimate portrait of the great naturalist as devoted family man, Keynes describes how Charles Darwin's "life and his science were all of a piece." The great-great-grandson of the scie
He also found the notes Darwin kept throughout Annie's illness, the eulogy he delivered at her funeral—and provocative new insights into Darwin’s views on nature, evolution, and the human condition. In a chest of drawers bequeathed by his grandmother, author Randal Keynes discovered the writing case of Charles and Emma Darwin’s beloved daughter Annie Darwin, who died at the age of ten. In Darwin, His Daughter & Human Evolution, Keynes shows that Darwin was not "a cold intellect with no place for love in his famous 'struggle for existence,' buta man of uncommon warmth" (Scientific American).Creation: The True Story of Charles Darwin is now a major motion picture and the movie tie-in paperback is also available from Riverhead Books.