'If anyone ever asks me which figure from history I'd invite to a dinner party, my instant answer...

Few lives of great men offer so much interest--and so many mysteries--as the life of Charles Darw...

With all the stresses and strains of modern life, it is becoming increasingly difficult to sustai...

In 1858, Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down Ho...

For readers interested in the development of major scientific concepts and the role of science in...

The letters in Volume 9 provide another indispensable collection for those interested in Darwin's...

Janet Browne is a zoologist and historian of science. She was formerly a Professor in the History...

For readers interested in the development of major scientific concepts and the role of science in...

The 161 letters in this volume encompass a period of dramatic change for the young John Tyndall, ...

This concluding volume of Janet Browne's biography covers the transformation in Darwin's life aft...

Contains 302 letters covering a period of twenty-eight months (1856-1859). It begins shortly afte...

In her illuminating history of 'On the Origin of Species,' Browne, Charles Darwins foremost biogr...