Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (771 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01NCWE6KA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 205 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. WILSON grew up in Staffordshire, England, and was educated at the Rugby School and New College, Oxford. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. He lives in North London. . About the Author A. N
Wilson challenges this long-held assumption. Furthermore, Wilson contends that religion and Darwinism have much more in common than it would seem, for the acceptance of Darwin's theory involves a pretty significant leap of faith.Armed with an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, Wilson explores how Darwin and his theory were very much a product of their place and time. A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life.With the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin—hailed as the man who "discovered evolution"—was propelled into the pantheon of great scientific thinkers, alongside Galileo, Copernicus, and Newton. N. In a paradigm-shifting conclusion, Wilson suggests that it remains to be seen, as this class dies out, whether the Darwinian idea will survive, or whether it, like other Victorian fads, will become a footnote in our intellectual history.Brilliant, daring, and ambitious, Charles Darwin explores this l
He lives in North London. A. N. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. WILSON grew up in Staffordshire, England, and was educated at the Rugby School and New College, Oxford.