Darwin's Sacred Cause

Adrian Desmond

RRP: £25.00

Publisher: ALLEN LANE

Publication Date : 29/01/2009

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Dramatic and controversial new interpretation of the motivations behind his science. Examines previously unpublished correspondence and notebooks to find out why such a conservative man held such radical beliefs.

Publisher's description:

Offers an explanation of how Darwin came to his famous view of evolution, which traced life to an ancient common ancestor. This title argues that only by understanding Darwin's Christian abolitionist inheritance can we shed light on the perplexing mix of personal drive, public hesitancy and scientific radicalism.

ISBN: 9781846140358