Origin Story : The Trials of Charles Darwin

WW Norton & Co

By early morning 30 June 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University\u2019s brand-new Museum of Natural History. The occasion was the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the subject of discussion was Charles Darwin\u2019s new treatise: fact or fiction? Darwin had introduced a cogent explanation of the origin of species\u2014how they adapted, even transmogrified, through natural selection. At stake was the very foundation of modern biology, not to mention the future of the church.\nIn Origin Story, medical historian Howard Markel recounts the two-year period (1858\u20131860) of Darwin\u2019s writing of On the Origin of Species through its spectacular success and controversy. Simultaneously, Markel delves into the mysterious health symptoms Darwin\n\nOrigin Story\nThe Trials of Charles Darwin\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nP;