London: Continuum, 2009. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Just how far did Charles Darwin's luck - both good and bad - affect his life and scientific discoveries? One might make a case for saying that Darwin's life was dogged by ill-luck (or perhaps ill-fortune is more..... More
London: Linnean Society of London, 1982. Octavo, softcover. More
Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, dustwrapper. This comprehensive guide to the world of birds traces their evolution and explains avian biology and behaviour. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper. Charles Darwin is a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. With a Foreword by Sir David Attenborough, this is a fascinating insight into Darwin's life as he first..... More
London: West Brothers, 1973. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, (2002. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Turning to modern concepts, Gould demonstrates that, even though the whole subject of parallels between ontogeny and phylogeny fell into disrepute, it is still one of the great themes of evolutionary biology. More
New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2006. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. An eye-opening chronicle of discovery - a narrative that traces the evolution of Darwin's genius and celebrates the unexpected rewards of close observation of the natural world. More
London: Readers Union, 1956. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
New York: Penguin, 2012. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. Acclaimed historian and biographer Paul Johnson turns his keen eye on Charles Darwin, the towering figure whose work continues to spur scientific debate. Johnson's biography is already causing a stir on the pages of Slate and New Scientist, and has become..... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2017. Octavo, paperback, Keim pairs cutting-edge science with a deep love of nature, conveying his insights in prose that is both accessible and beautiful. In an elegant, thoughtful tour of nature in the twenty-first century, Keim continues in the tradition of Lewis Thomas, Stephen Jay Gould..... More
Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2013. Octavo, black and white photographs, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Charles Darwin was a modest man who liked to avoid controversy, yet he was to be the cause of one of the greatest controversies in the history of science and religion. When he embarked on..... More
New York: AtlasBooks, 2006. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. Traces the twenty-one-year period between Charles Darwin's original idea about natural selection and the publication of "On the Origin of Species," in an account that offers insight into his experiences as a cautious naturalist. More
New York: Doubleday, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper. The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast, the gorilla, only to stumble straight into the centre of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolution..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1999. second edition). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. "No other account of the Darwinian Revolution provides so detailed and sympathetic an account of the framework within which the scientific debates took place." Peter J. Bowler, Canadian Journal of History. Also available in hardcover [stock id 27289]... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. Using the sometimes vicious academic debates and the powerful personalities of scientists as background, Schilthuizen explores the meandering path of species research and sets it out in the clearest possible terms. From looking at how we define a species, to exploring..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 2002. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. An examination of the life of Philip Henry Gosse, renowned Victorian naturalist, author, illustrator and Christian fundamentalist, who as friend and antagonist of Charles Darwin was a central figure in the Victorian conflict between science and religion. More
