Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory

by James T. Costa

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James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Darwin's childhood through his voyage on the HMS Beagle where his ideas on evolution began. We then follow Darwin to Down House, his bustling home of forty years, where he kept porcupine quills at his desk to dissect barnacles, maintained a flock of sixteen pigeon breeds in the dovecote, and cultivated climbing plants in the study, and to Bournemouth, where on one memorable family vacation he fed carnivorous...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393239896

ISBN13:9780393239898

Release Date:September 2017

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.5" x 9.4"

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