Darwin's Armada: How four voyagers to Australasia won the battle for evolution and changed the world
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Darwin's Armada: How four voyagers to Australasia won the battle for evolution and changed the world
By (Author) Iain McCalman
Penguin Random House Australia
Penguin Random House Australia
1st March 2010
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of science
Expeditions: popular accounts
576.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
432
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 33mm
412g
Description
Darwin's Armanda is both a gripping adventure story and a brilliantly enlightening work of history, for the first time portraying the Darwinian revolution as a collective enterprise forged in Australasia. Four remarkable men: Charles Darwin, Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley and Alfred Wallace, did what one alone could not - combed the world for evidence of evolution by natural selection, and then fought tirelessly in the social and intellectual battle that followed its famous publication 150 years ago. Together they changed the world.
Author Bio
Iain McCalman's previous books includes The Seven Ordeals of Count Cagliostro, which has been translated into twelve languages.
