Progress in genetics today would not have been possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who determined belief in God's creation was remarkably timid. He spent most of his life in seclusion, a semi-invalid, riddled with doubts, faring the controversy his theories might unleash. In this book, the author unravels Darwin's life and contribution to biology in a brilliant and lucid manner, and traces the path from his scientific predecessors to the later modifications that his own evolutionary theories required. In this way, he provides an unusually clear historical perspective on the progress from pre-Darwinian biology to modern genetics and the crucial discovery of chromosomes.
- ISBN13 9781840461534
- Publish Date 1 June 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 March 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Icon Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English