A Darwin-themed activity book for children.
Reviews
Book and video reviews.
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Film review: ‘Creation: the true story of Charles Darwin’
An entertaining film (if you ignore the paranormal nonsense).
Documentary review: ‘Galápagos: the Islands that Changed the World’
Totally awesome three-part series about some rather special islands.
Film review: ‘The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists’
In which I dismiss any charges of historical inaccuracy against the latest Aardman animation.
Book review: ‘The Reluctant Mr Darwin’ by David Quammen
An intimate portrait of Charles Darwin and the making of his theory of evolution.
Book review: ‘Monster of God’ by David Quammen
The man-eating predator in the jungles of history and the mind
Book review: ‘The Flight of the Iguana’ by David Quammen
A sidelong view of science and nature
Book review: ‘Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, adventure, and swimming iguana's in Charles Darwin's South America’ by Eric Simons
Young travel writer follows in the footsteps of Darwin.
Book review: ‘Evolution’ by Carl Zimmer
The triumph of an Idea: from Darwin to DNA.
Book review: ‘The Song of the Dodo’ by David Quammen
Island biogeography in an age of extinctions.
Book review: ‘Darwin's Mentor: John Stevens Henslow 1796–1861’ by S.M. Walters & E.A. Stow
The biography of John Stephens Henslow, Charles Darwin’s favourite tutor at Cambridge, and an all-round good egg.
Book review: ‘Your Inner Fish’ by Neil Shubin
A journey into the 3.5 billion-year history of the human body.