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Darwin and his bears : how Darwin Bear and his Galapagos Islands friends inspired a scientific revolution
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Darwin and his bears : how Darwin Bear and his Galapagos Islands friends inspired a scientific revolution

by Frank J. Sulloway

This illustrated book explores the development of the theory of evolution by natural selection through a fabled narrative set on the Galápagos Islands. It uses sixteen bears to explain the conceptual framework and scientific findings of the 1835 expedition.

Accession 22444 ISBN 9780922233519 Publisher Blast Books
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