Darwin and the Barnacle: The Story of One Tiny Creature and History's Most Spectacular Scientific Breakthrough, (Paperback)

from psiloiordinary

I thought this was fab. Disclaimer. I am a Darwin enthusiast or addict. Or as my wife would say, nutter. Enthralling history and some perceptive insights into the man and his work.

from JBD1

An outstanding treatment of Darwin's "Barnacle Years" by Rebecca Stott. Filled with neat little details and contextual elements, as well as not pulling any punches when it comes to the nitty-gritty of barnacle classification (some seriously taxing taxonomy). Very enjoyable armchair natural history.

from Devil_llama

This book covers a part of Darwin's life that all too often gets relegated to a footnote or a sidebar - the years he spent with the humble barnacle, learning about classification, morphology, and taxonomy, preparatory to writing his "big species book". This book examines how that period shaped Da...

from Devil_llama

This book covers a part of Darwin's life that all too often gets relegated to a footnote or a sidebar - the years he spent with the humble barnacle, learning about classification, morphology, and taxonomy, preparatory to writing his "big species book". This book examines how that period shaped Da...