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The survival of Charles Darwin : a biography of a man and an idea

by Ronald W. Clark

This work chronicles Charles Darwin's historic voyage aboard HMS Beagle, analysing the development of his evolutionary theories and the subsequent controversy they generated.

Accession 14780 ISBN 0297783777 Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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