- Paperback: 632 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press; Reprint edition (1 April 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0691026068
- ISBN-13: 978-0691026060
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.6 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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This book deserves the adjectives of praise traditionally used by reviewers to describe masterpieces. . . . It is wonderful and marvelous, even magisterial. -- Stephen Jay Gould, The New York Review of Books
There is no better chronicle of Darwin as human being, friend, and indefatigable scientist, nor anywhere a richer description of his milieu, his family life, his social circle, and his scientific connections. Browne's extraordinary knowledge of the literature of the period makes her account particularly insightful.... [A] masterpiece.... Browne knows how to spellbind the reader.... The definitive Darwin biography. -- Ernst Mayr, Newsday
A wonderful and well-rounded portrait.... We watch Darwin grow from a careless and happy young boy to a driven and ambitious young man, and Browne is very good at letting us see the moments when Darwin began to sense the scope of his own powers.... This Darwin is remarkably real. -- Jonathan Weiner, The Washington Post
Exciting and richly evocative. -- "Kirkus Reviews
No other biography has matched Browne's ability to capture so richly the details of Darwin's time and to convey them with such direct and engaging prose. -- "Library Journal
There is no better chronicle of Darwin as human being, friend, and indefatigable scientist, nor anywhere a richer description of his milieu, his family life, his social circle, and his scientific connections. Browne's extraordinary knowledge of the literature of the period makes her account particularly insightful.... [A] masterpiece.... Browne knows how to spellbind the reader.... The definitive Darwin biography. -- Ernst Mayr, Newsday
A wonderful and well-rounded portrait.... We watch Darwin grow from a careless and happy young boy to a driven and ambitious young man, and Browne is very good at letting us see the moments when Darwin began to sense the scope of his own powers.... This Darwin is remarkably real. -- Jonathan Weiner, The Washington Post
Exciting and richly evocative. -- "Kirkus Reviews
No other biography has matched Browne's ability to capture so richly the details of Darwin's time and to convey them with such direct and engaging prose. -- "Library Journal
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'An astonishingly fresh picture of the great naturalist-Janet Browne's book is a triumph, the closest we can come to getting inside Darwin's mind.' Sunday Telegraph
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Janet Browne's biography of Charles Darwin is the best I've read thus far. Her style is limpid and concise, and she succeeds wonderfully in taking us back to the intelectual and social atmosphere of 19th century England. Most importantly, she provides a detailed account of the dynamics on both sides of Darwin's family, and at the end we can understand many of the driving forces behind Darwin's success. Browne's book is definitively not hagiographic; rather, it tries to put Darwin in a definite context, making it clear that he benefited from many people around him. I cannot wait for the second part of her biography!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After reading Origin of Species and then the Voyage of the Beagle I was eager to learn more about the "father" of evolution and I could not have hoped for a more thorough biography.
The author has clearly done a huge amount of research to provide this fascinating portrait Darwin. Providing backgrounds of his immediate ancestors, then his childhood leading through to adulthood and his own family. Allowing you to understand how and why his line of thinking led him to write the Origin of Species.
It's well written and absorbing. I often forgot I was on the tube whilst engrossed.
When I got to the end I immediately went hunting for the second instalment.
The author has clearly done a huge amount of research to provide this fascinating portrait Darwin. Providing backgrounds of his immediate ancestors, then his childhood leading through to adulthood and his own family. Allowing you to understand how and why his line of thinking led him to write the Origin of Species.
It's well written and absorbing. I often forgot I was on the tube whilst engrossed.
When I got to the end I immediately went hunting for the second instalment.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Stunning two volume biography. I've read it twice now. Once for the content and once for the sheer pleasure of it.
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Amazing
I haven't finished the book yet but I have already put the 2nd volume on my wish list. I just can't put the book down it is so well written, I am fascinated by Darwin and his whole... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Carol Jordan
Nothing Left Unsaid
'Voyaging' and 'The Power of Place' appear as two separate volumes but constitute parts 1 and 2 of Janet Browne's majestic biography of Darwin. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2009 by Mr. Kim Hatton
It is not her fault
Probably this book (including also the second volume) is as good as a biography of Darwin might ever get. Read more
Published on 26 April 2007 by 1001 Pages
Great book, waiting for the next volume
I read this book several years ago, and I enjoyed it tremendously. Janet, if you are listening, I am very much looking forward to the next volume. Read more
Published on 4 July 1999
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