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    Darwin – In a Nutshell
    Darwin – In a Nutshell
    Darwin – In a Nutshell
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    Darwin – In a Nutshell

    Written by Peter Whitfield

    Narrated by Peter Whitfield

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    About this audiobook

    Naxos Audiobooks launches a new introductory series 'In a Nutshell' with Darwin, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of the English naturalist. Peter Whitfield explains how Darwin came to his revolutionary views following his voyage on the Beagle—and his initial reluctance to publish his findings.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateFeb 1, 2009
    ISBN9789629548360
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    • 5/5
      Thanks for clarifying that Darwin was not an atheist but he never believed in that God who had anything to do with evolution directly.
    • 3/5
      A good outline of the subject, but unfortunately lapsing into some rather sweeping statements and becoming just a little too fawning towards the end of the book, loosing what had been a pretty objective coverage.
    • 4/5
      Good general overview of Darwin, his life and his revolutionary book.
    • 4/5
      It was good but just as an overview hope to find more on it
    • 5/5
      Fantastic Book on the Life and works of Darwin!
      highly enjoyable and thought provoking!
      should be listened to by Everyone!
    • 3/5
      This book has a detailed explanation towards the theory of evolution and the life of Charles Darwin.
    • 3/5
      This book is fine as far as it goes...but the nutshell quality makes it unsatisfying. It treads what is to me familiar ground very lightly.The first really interesting thing that I remember is the misinformation: Alfred Russel Wallace was not really a naturalist in the same sense as Darwin, he collected specimens for money because he was an adventurous and exceptionally intelligent man with no money or family to speak of.The second is Samuel Butler's remark about natural selection...which I can not find anywhere online. Perhaps it was in a published article or a letter to a friend.