Darwin – In a Nutshell

Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, was one of the greatest pioneers in science. His five-year voyage on The Beagle, his visit to the Galapagos Islands, his careful work in noting small differences of fauna on different islands—all of this led to the concept of natural selection, which radically changed the way we view mankind and the animal world. But what kind of man was Darwin, and why did he keep his conclusions secret for so many years? In this clear but informative account, Peter Whitfield sets Darwin in the nineteenth-century society from which he sprang and considers the effect of his ideas on the twenty-first century.