Get Hold Of Charles Darwin: The Concise Story Of An Extraordinary Man Penned By Tim M. Berra Released As Readable Copy
recuerdo por qué este libro está en mi estantería, Todo fue porque se celebraba el centenario de la Teoría de la Evolución o algo así, . . y lo estábamos estudiando en Biología, Se lo comenté a mis padres y cuando vieron el libro durante uno de sus viajes de fin de semana, se acordaron de mí y me lo compraron.
El libro, como bien comenta su autor en el prólogo, es tan sólo un pequeño esbozo de lo que fue la persona de Darwin y de cómo pasó de ser un niño que prestaba poca atención en clase a ser un científico de gran renombre que formuló una de las teorías más importantes de la actualidad.
Hay poco que comentar aquí, a decir verdad, El estilo a la hora de escribir es puramente periodístico, el necesario para poder tener una idea general de la vida de Darwin,
Aún así, una cosa que me ha gustado bastante es que apareciesen imágenes que apoyaban al narración, porque imaginarse las cosas uno mismo está bien, pero en estos casos prefiero ser capaz de ver cómo son en realidad.
I am as fascinatied by the man as I am by his accomplishments, This book gives a nice concise summary of his qualities as a doting husband, caring father, curious scientist, thorough experimenter and relisher of thinking in quietude, qualities I'd love to emulate.
This is a physically small and thin book, It is a terrific overview of Darwin's life and his ideas about the "transmutation of species", The word "evolution" wasn't used by Darwin like we use it today, Wonderful insights into his life amp work, Hopefully people will be informed and Darwin and evolution will not be so demonized by some, Wonderful. Got as in "got" Darwin, Really really short book AND it has pictures AND it is brilliant, Johns Hopskins Press. It has pictures! So I read this for one of my university classes so I did not really choose to pick this up, However, I did end up finding this information really interesting and helpful, I am studying sociology which often references the idea of evolution as applied to social scenarios by Herbert Spencer called social Darwinism, Despite this I found my knowledge of natural selection and evolution to be quite lacking until reading this book, It provided incredible context as to how Charles Darwins life facilitated the development of his theories,
The chapters were short which made it easier to get through which is a necessity for textbooks, However, while referred to as concise in the title and the tiny page count, this book held some absolutely irrelevant details to his life, I mean I didnt need to know about his first romantic crush unless that impacted his life later on it did not,
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where this narrative felt lacking was the almost romantic notion of the figure of Darwin, He felt too perfect in this portrayal, despite being nonfiction this book has a clear protagonist, I did not expect to adore the discussion of his marriage to his first cousin Emma Wedgewood that much but it really showed how she influenced his conduct with his research.
stars. One of the better books Ive read for a class, I presume this is intended for a young adult audience, It's serviceable, though bland, and mildly contentious on occasion, One would probably get more from the Wikipedia entry, Whoa, talk about concise! This is practically a short story, and can be easily read in a single evening, As such, it provides a highly accessible overview of Charles Darwin's life, touching on all the key points and concentrating primarily on his personal life, Readers wanting more depth will need to go elsewhere, but you can hardly go wrong here for such a small investment of time, I especially liked the reproduction of Darwin's list of reasons why or why not he should be married, چه خوشبختیای وقتی دور و برت آدمهایی مثل جان استیونس هنسلو آلفرد راسل والاس و رو داری. جدا شیفتهی شخصیتشون شدم. A barebones biography of Darwin that's really quite superb for what it is, If you want a more indepth portrait of Darwin the man, then obviously you'll go for a fulllength biography, but Berra succeeds in hitting all the right bases and in explaining with admirable succinctness the science and its import.
Much recommended perhaps to be read alongside another short book that I enjoyed a few years ago, Janet Browne's Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography.
Interesting insight into the man and his mark on the world This book was much like life: “poor, nasty, brutish, and short, ” It read like lecture notes and any opposing views to that of Darwin were built up as straw men and cast aside,
Definitely concise! A great refresher on all that Charles Darwin did, Highly recommended for anyone interested in knowing something more about this fascinating man, Me lo he leído para una clase, Gracias profesor por introducirme el tema de la clase con un libro que si disfrute leer y del que aprendí lo necesario, No tiene ni mas ni menos, es justo lo que se necesita si uno quiere empezar a conocer a Charles Darwin y sus descubrimientos, Live and learn the survival of the smartest before we all go down the tubes, Definitely concise as it was less thanpages and a many photos, I tried reading Origin of Species when I was in high school, between the scientific jargon and old english I knew I'd never finish, I was delighted to come across this concise story of his life, Such a great book. I really enjoyed reading about his life, relationships with other professors and scientists, and how his scientific discoveries came about, He was a wonderful father and husband and truly an extraordinary person who did so much to further the sciences as we know them today, Brief and useful information about Darwin's ideas, the theory of Natural Selection and his related evolutionary concepts, his life and family, and his letters, All in all a good and brief book, but unfortunately the Persian translation has errors, Two hundred years after Charles Darwin's birth February,, this thoroughly illustrated, yet concise biography reveals the great scientist as husband, father, and friend,
Tim M. Berra, whose "Darwin: The Man" lectures are in high demand worldwide, tells the fascinating story of the person and the idea that changed everything, Berra discusses Darwins revolutionary scientific work, its impact on modernday biological science, and the influence of Darwins evolutionary theory on Western thought, But Berra digs deeper to reveal Darwin the man by combining anecdotes with carefully selected illustrations and photographs,
This small gem of a book includescolor plates andblackandwhite illustrations, along with an annotated list of Darwins publications and a chronology of his life.
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