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The Reluctant Mr. Darwin
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin has been translated by Hendawy Foundation
Evolution, during the early nineteenth century, was an idea in the air.
Other thinkers had suggested it, but no one had proposed a cogent explanation for how evolution occurs.
Then, in September 1838, a young Englishman named Charles Darwin hit upon the idea that “natural selection” among competing individuals would lead to wondrous adaptations and species diversity.
Twenty-one years passed between that epiphany and publication of On the Origin of Species.
The human drama and scientific basis of Darwin’s twenty-one-year delay constitute a fascinating, tangled tale that elucidates the character of a cautious naturalist who initiated an intellectual revolution.
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin is a book for everyone who has ever wondered about who this man was and what he said.
Drawing from Darwin’s secret “transmutation” notebooks and his personal letters, David Quammen has sketched a vivid life portrait .
David Quammen
(born February 1948) is an American science, nature and travel writer and the author of fifteen books, five of them fiction.
He wrote a column, called “Natural Acts” for Outside magazine for fifteen years.
His articles have also appeared in National Geographic, Harper’s, Rolling Stone, the New York Times Book Review and other periodicals.
In 2013, Quammen’s book Spillover was shortlisted for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.
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