Darwin’s Ghosts
In Search of the First Evolutionists
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95,750 words, Guess
Page Count
383 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedarwinsghostsins0000stot
- ISBN-101408809087
- ISBN-101408831015
- ISBN-139781408809082
- ISBN-139781408831014
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number774638991
- Better World Books9781408831014
- Better World Books9781408809082
- Open LibraryOL32091540M
Classifications
- DDC576.809
- LCCQH361 .S76 2012b
- LCCQH361
and 1 more
- LCCQH361 .S76 2012
Description
Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected criticism. Letters were arriving every day like swarms, some expressing praise, most outrage and accusations of heresy. But the letter from the Reverend Powell was different.
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