DARWINS NOTEBOOK

CHARLES DARWIN'S THEORY OF EVOLUTION ATTRACTED INSTANT PUBLIC INTEREST AND CONTROVERSY WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLICISED, AND IT CONTINUES TO PROVOKE INTENSE WORLDWIDE DEBATE TODAY. DARWIN'S IMPACT ON THE WORLD AND ON MODERN THOUGHT HAS BEEN PROFOUND. DARWIN'S NOTEBOOK PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF DARWIN'S LIFE AND WORK, BUT IT IS NOT A BIOGRAPHY IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE IT IS WRITTEN, ILLUSTRATED AND DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A PERSONAL JOURNAL OR NOTEBOOK. COMBINING ORIGINAL RESEARCH WITH A RANGE OF PRIMARY SOURCES, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS, SKETCHES AND WRITINGS FROM DARWIN'S OWN JOURNALS, DARWIN'S NOTEBOOK PORTRAYS ITS SUBJECT WITH A VIBRANCY SURPASSING THAT OF AN ORDINARY BIOGRAPHY OR HISTORY BOOK. THE TITLE INCLUDES CHAPTERS ON DARWIN'S CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION, HIS FAMILY LIFE, THE RECEPTION OF HIS WORK, HIS LATER WRITINGS AND HIS ENDURING LEGACY. IN EXPLORING HIS BACKGROUND, PASSION AND INSIGHT, IT DEFTLY EXPOSES THE MAN BEHIND THE FAMOUS THEORY OF EVOLUTION.