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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Make that 4 1/2 stars,
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This review is from: DK Biography: Charles Darwin (Paperback)
The only reason why I did not give this book (and the others in this
wonderful series) a complete 5 stars is because the proof reading was not quite up to snuff. In this book I found at least one misspelled word, and a couple of lines repeated. However, the books in this series are packed full of information, have wonderful pictures, & easy-to-read text while still being a genuinely informative biography. And all of this for only 4.99. I find the price truly amazing for all that you get.
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I have to admit, since this is a children's book I was hoping for a completely unbiased version of Darwin's theories especially since it comes from DK. However, I didn't get it. The biographical part was great, the pictures interesting, and the timeline helpful, but I thought religion was made out to be fool-hearty on occasion. Currently, at least, I think it would be difficult for religion not to agree with natural selection and evolution of species, i.e., pink rattlesnakes at the bottom of the Grand Canyon and brown ones elsewhere, but taking that theory of evolution the next step further to man evolving from organisms in the sea to become cousins of monkeys is a little more problematic. Many of us would prefer the second to be introduced as a valid theory from an intelligent man rather than an absolute truth. I didn't sense that opportunity for differences of opinion in this particular book.
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Servants moved with quiet efficiency through the halls of the Mount, the stately home of the Darwin family just outside London. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Down House, Charles Darwin, South America, Tierra del Fuego, Uncle Jos, Charles Lyell, Canary Islands, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, Cambridge University, Erasmus Darwin Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses by Noel Annan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Darwin's Mentor: John Stevens Henslow, 1796-1861 by S. M. Walters in Front Matter, page 232, and Back Matter
- Rick Steves' London 2004 by Rick Steves on page 193, and page 333
- That Book...of Perfectly Useless Information by Mitchell Symons on page 15, and page 143
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