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CHARLES DARWIN WAS an all-around nice guy-agreeable, mild-mannered, appealingly shy. Plagued by violent fits of vomiting brought on at the least sign of stress, he avoided controversy at all cost. Yet he was a passionate and keen observer of nature, and what he noticed in creatures as small as barnacles, worms, and beetles eventually led him to his big, bold, and ragingly controversial theory of evolution-how species change over time. Well aware that his ideas about species adaptation would rock the world of biology, Darwin played a twenty-year waiting game with himself before going public in 1859 with The Origin of Species. Would he be surprises that even now, one hundred and fifty years later, debate still rages over Darwinian evolution? Not al all! With wit and clarity, Kathleen Krull plots the evolution of Charles Darwin-his floundering student days, his life as a well-heeled young London gentleman, and, of course, his astounding five-year round-the-world journey aboard HMS Beagle that set him on the path of his life's work.

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An excellent resource for contemporary classroom discussions. -- Booklist, starred review Krull does a fabulous job of making Darwin real, from boyhood to adulthood. The information is obviously well researched and it is presented in a reader-friendly manner...This is a fine addition to the series. -- School Library Journal Krull's lively writing fleshes out [his life and accomplishments]...Kulikov's occasional art brings humor and drama to this brisk account. -- Horn Book

An excellent resource for contemporary classroom discussions. Booklist, starred review Krull does a fabulous job of making Darwin real, from boyhood to adulthood. The information is obviously well researched and it is presented in a reader-friendly manner This is a fine addition to the series. School Library Journal Krull's lively writing fleshes out [his life and accomplishments]...Kulikov's occasional art brings humor and drama to this brisk account. Horn Book

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Kathleen Krull, the noted social historian, lives in San Diego, California. Boris Kulikov, the illustrator of this series, lives in New York City.

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