Darwin's Ghosts : The Secret History of Evolution (Paperback)

from auntmarge64

Upon the long-delayed publication of "The Origin of Species", Darwin, to his dismay, began receiving complaints that he had neglected to mention the scientific contributions of his intellectual forebears. To his credit, Darwin was not aware of many of these people, some of whom had disappeared in...

from konastories

Joy's Review: The title's a bit silly, but the book is excellent. Each chapter describes someone who wondered, studied and investigated the 'transmutability' of species. All courageous men- since for most of them the religious powers at the time were (and sadly, often still are) scandalized by su...

from Devil_llama

The author reviews the record of evolutionary thought prior to Darwin. Darwin famously said "evolution was in the air", and it was. From the time of Aristotle to the time of Darwin, we see individuals proposing evolution sporadically, though many of these individuals proposed to refute, or simply...

from Sullywriter

An accessible and engaging look at free thinkers and scientists who preceded Darwin with pioneering insights and discoveries into evolution and natural selection beginning with Aristotle.

from TheFlamingoReads

When Charles Darwin published "On The Origin Of Species" in 1859 he received severe backlash from both the scientific and religious communities. Needless to say, the responses from both were overwhelming and expected. To a lesser extent he heard from those that agreed with his theory of the evolu...