Book reviews: ‘Charles Darwin: Voyaging’ • ‘Charles Darwin: The Power of Place’
A magnificent two-volume biography.
Books about Darwin
Book review: ‘Charles Darwin: Vol.2: The Power of Place’ by Janet Browne
Part 2 of an entertaining two-part biography of Charles Darwin.
Book review: ‘Charles Darwin: Vol.1: Voyaging’ by Janet Browne
Part 1 of an entertaining two-part biography of Charles Darwin.
Book review: ‘Darwin & His Children’ by Tim M. Berra
His other legacy.
Book review: ‘Darwin and Lady Hope: the Untold Story’ by L.R. Croft
Shamelessly perpetuating a Darwinian myth.
Book review: ‘The Reluctant Mr Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution’ by David Quammen
Handy analysis of Darwin's procrastination over publishing Origin of Species.
Book review: ‘Darwin and the Barnacle: the Story of One Tiny Creature and History's Most Spectacular Scientific Breakthrough’ by Rebecca Stott
Charles Darwin's eight-year barnacle odyssey.
Book review: ‘Darwin in Cambridge’ by John van Wyhe
A useful booklet about Darwin's Cambridge connections.
Book review: ‘Fossils, Finches and Fuegians: Charles Darwin's Adventures and Discoveries on the Beagle, 1832-1836’ by Richard Keynes
A detailed account of Darwin's Beagle voyage.
Book review: ‘Charles Darwin, Geologist’ by Sandra Herbert
What Charles Darwin did for geology.