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Buckets from an English Sea: 1832 and the Making of Charles Darwin
Buckets from an English Sea: 1832 and the Making of Charles Darwin
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Darwin did not discover evolution. He didn't trip over it on the way to somewhere else the way Columbus discovered the New World. Like the atom, planetary orbits, and so many other scientific constructs, evolution was invented in order to explain striking phenomena. And it has been most
successful. A century and a half has not simply confirmed Darwin's work, it has linked evolution to the mechanisms of life on the molecular scale. It is what life does. Where Darwin had drawn his theories from forest and field, we now set them in the coiling and uncoiling of twists of DNA,
linking where they might, with a host of molecular bits and pieces scurrying about. Darwin, himself, however, has been a closed story. A century and a half of study of the man and his work, including close readings of his books, his notebooks and letters, and even the books he read, has led to a working appreciation of his genius. The 'success' of this account has, however, kept
us from seeing several important issues: most notably, why did he pursue evolution in the first place? Buckets from an English Sea offers a new view of what inspired Darwin and provoked his work. Stunning events early in the voyage of the Beagle challenged his deeply held conviction that people are innately good. This study of 1832 highlights the resources available to the young Darwin as he worked
to secure humanity's innate goodness.
Author: Louis B. Rosenblatt
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/02/2018
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780190654405
Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2018
successful. A century and a half has not simply confirmed Darwin's work, it has linked evolution to the mechanisms of life on the molecular scale. It is what life does. Where Darwin had drawn his theories from forest and field, we now set them in the coiling and uncoiling of twists of DNA,
linking where they might, with a host of molecular bits and pieces scurrying about. Darwin, himself, however, has been a closed story. A century and a half of study of the man and his work, including close readings of his books, his notebooks and letters, and even the books he read, has led to a working appreciation of his genius. The 'success' of this account has, however, kept
us from seeing several important issues: most notably, why did he pursue evolution in the first place? Buckets from an English Sea offers a new view of what inspired Darwin and provoked his work. Stunning events early in the voyage of the Beagle challenged his deeply held conviction that people are innately good. This study of 1832 highlights the resources available to the young Darwin as he worked
to secure humanity's innate goodness.
Author: Louis B. Rosenblatt
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/02/2018
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780190654405
Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2018
About the Author
Louis B. Rosenblatt taught for over 30 years, chiefly at the Park School, but also at Leeds University and Gallaudet College. He is now retired after a fifteen year career as a science consultant for the Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM Education. He holds a PhD in the History of Science
from Johns Hopkins University.
