3. Charles Darwin is arguably the most influential
scientist of all time. His Origin of Species forever
changed our concept of the world’s creation. Darwin’s
revolutionary career is the perfect vehicle for historian
Paul Johnson. Marked by the insightful observation,
spectacular wit, and highly readable prose for which
Johnson is so well regarded, Darwin brings the
gentleman-scientist and his times brilliantly into focus.
From Darwin’s birth into great fortune to his voyage
aboard the Beagle, to the long-delayed publication of
his masterpiece, Johnson delves into what made this
Victorian gentleman into a visionary scientist.