Darwin's evolving identity : adventure, ambition, and the sin of speculation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sponsel, Alistair William, 1978- (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882. Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Authorship. Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Knowledge > Geology. Lyell, Charles, > Sir, > 1797-1875. Geology > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Theorizing on the move. Darwin's opportunity
An amphibious being
Studying dry land with a maritime perspective
The making of a eureka moment
The surveyor-naturalist
Training in theory. Lyell claims Darwin as a student
Darwin's audacity, Lyell's choreography
Burned by success
A different approach to authorship. The life of a tormented geologist (and enthusiastic evolutionist)
A finished task: Darwin's treatise on coral reefs
Writing the Origin with his "fingers burned"
Atoning for the sin of speculation.