Adrian John Desmond è uno scrittore inglese focalizzato sulla storia della scienza. Il suo lavoro approfondisce i contesti sociali e filosofici più ampi delle scoperte scientifiche, in particolare nell'ambito della biologia evolutiva e della paleontologia. Attraverso la sua ricerca, illumina come il pensiero contemporaneo e gli ambienti culturali abbiano plasmato le idee scientifiche, e viceversa. Le sue analisi rivelano al lettore la loro affascinante interazione tra scienza e società.
This is a biography of T.H. Huxley (1825-1895) - Darwin's bulldog - who led a far more fascinating and outgoing life than the reclusive Darwin. He did battle with God and Gladstone, sat on Royal commissions and campaigned for elementary education. He carried Darwin's fight to the public and outraged the old order with his talk of apemen and the material basis of life.
Hailed as the definitive biography, this monumental work explains the character and paradoxes of Charles Darwin and opens up the full panorama of Victorian science, theology, and mores. The authors bring to life Darwin's reckless student days in Cambridge, his epic five-year voyage on the Beagle, and his grueling struggle to develop his theory of evolution.Adrian Desmond and James Moore's gripping narrative reveals the great personal cost to Darwin of pursuing inflammatory truths—telling the whole story of how he came to his epoch-making conclusions.
Very definitive, very concise, and very interesting...From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures--people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time.Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography .
(Guitar). Teacher-friendly or for self-study, this book/CD pack for beginning to intermediate guitarists features classical pieces and exercises presented progressively in notes and tab, with each explained thoroughly and performed on the accompanying CD. A great way to learn to play ASAP!
This is the first textbook to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date account of police intelligence work based on current research, and to assess how intelligence may be used wisely and ethically to influence policing policy and practice.
