First published 2016
Discovered after his death, the private letters of Charles Darwin reveal the inner workings of a mind grappling with the most radical scientific ideas of his time. As he corresponds with colleagues, Darwin lays bare his doubts, his struggles, and the slow, painstaking process of building his theory of evolution. Through these intimate dispatches, we witness the birth of a scientific revolution that would forever change our understanding of the natural world.
Genres: biography, 20th-century, non-fiction, 19th-century, academic, history-of-science
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: epistolary, intimate-portrait
Period: 19th-century, 20th-century
840 pages · Hardcover · Cambridge University Press