Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393239896 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Instructive and entertaining the insights Costa provides into Darwin's thinking and his revelations about the great man's working life make this a worthwhile read.” - Kirkus Reviews“Darwin's Backyard takes readers on a journey revealing how Darwin found universal evolutionary truths in simple yet ingenious homespun experiments.” - Publishers Weekly“Most readers will be surprised to learn of the incredible amount of field research, observation, and experimentation that Charles Darwin did in the many years after his famous voyage. If you’ve ever fantasized walking and conversing with the great scientist on the subjects that consumed him, and now wish to add the fullness of reality, read this boo
We then follow Darwin to Down House, his bustling home of forty years, where he kept porcupine quills at his desk to dissect barnacles, maintained a flock of sixteen pigeon breeds in the dovecote, and cultivated climbing plants in the study, and to Bournemouth, where on one memorable family vacation he fed carnivorous plants in the soup dishes.Using his garden and greenhouse, the surrounding meadows and woodlands, and even taking over the cellar, study, and hallways of his home-turned-field-station, Darwin tested ideas of his landmark theory of evolution with an astonishing array of hand
Costa is a professor of biology at Western Carolina University, executive director of Highlands Biological Station, and a trustee of the Charles Darwin Trust. The author of Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species; The Annotated Origin; and The Other Insect Societies, he lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North