Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
A N Wilson
ΡΠ΅Π½Ρ. 2017β―Π³. Β· John Murray Β· Π§ΠΈΡΠ°Π΅Ρ Richard Burnip
5,0star
ΠΡΠ·ΡΠ²Ρ: 10report
headphones
ΠΡΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π°
18Β Ρ. 37Β ΠΌΠΈΠ½.
ΠΠΎΠ»Π½Π°Ρ Π²Π΅ΡΡΠΈΡ
family_home
ΠΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠ±Π°Π²ΠΈΡΡ
info
reportΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ·ΡΠ²Ρ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅Π½Ρ. ΠΠΎΠ΄ΡΠΎΠ±Π½Π΅Π΅β¦
ΠΠΎΠ±Π°Π²ΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎΠΊ Π΄Π»ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΉ 1Β Ρ. 51Β ΠΌΠΈΠ½.? ΠΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ Π² Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠ΅ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ, Π΄Π°ΠΆΠ΅ ΠΎΡΠ»Π°ΠΉΠ½.Β
ΠΠΎΠ±Π°Π²ΠΈΡΡ
ΠΠ± Π°ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π΅
Charles Darwin: the man who discovered evolution? The man who killed off God? Or a flawed man of his age, part genius, part ruthless careerist who would not acknowledge his debts to other thinkers?
In this bold new life - the first single volume biography in twenty-five years - A. N. Wilson, the acclaimed author of The Victorians and God's Funeral, goes in search of the celebrated but contradictory figure Charles Darwin.
Darwin was described by his friend and champion, Thomas Huxley, as a 'symbol'. But what did he symbolize? In Wilson's portrait, both sympathetic and critical, Darwin was two men. On the one hand, he was a naturalist of genius, a patient and precise collector and curator who greatly expanded the possibilities of taxonomy and geology. On the other hand, Darwin, a seemingly diffident man who appeared gentle and even lazy, hid a burning ambition to be a universal genius. He longed to have a theory which explained everything.
But was Darwin's 1859 master work, On the Origin of Species, really what it seemed, a work about natural history? Or was it in fact a consolation myth for the Victorian middle classes, reassuring them that the selfishness and indifference to the poor were part of Nature's grand plan?
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker is a radical reappraisal of one of the great Victorians, a book which isn't afraid to challenge the Darwinian orthodoxy while bringing us closer to the man, his revolutionary idea and the wider Victorian age.
(P)2017 John Murray Press Limited
In this bold new life - the first single volume biography in twenty-five years - A. N. Wilson, the acclaimed author of The Victorians and God's Funeral, goes in search of the celebrated but contradictory figure Charles Darwin.
Darwin was described by his friend and champion, Thomas Huxley, as a 'symbol'. But what did he symbolize? In Wilson's portrait, both sympathetic and critical, Darwin was two men. On the one hand, he was a naturalist of genius, a patient and precise collector and curator who greatly expanded the possibilities of taxonomy and geology. On the other hand, Darwin, a seemingly diffident man who appeared gentle and even lazy, hid a burning ambition to be a universal genius. He longed to have a theory which explained everything.
But was Darwin's 1859 master work, On the Origin of Species, really what it seemed, a work about natural history? Or was it in fact a consolation myth for the Victorian middle classes, reassuring them that the selfishness and indifference to the poor were part of Nature's grand plan?
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker is a radical reappraisal of one of the great Victorians, a book which isn't afraid to challenge the Darwinian orthodoxy while bringing us closer to the man, his revolutionary idea and the wider Victorian age.
(P)2017 John Murray Press Limited
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ·ΡΠ²Ρ
5,0
10 ΠΎΡΠ·ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ²
ΠΠ± Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡΠ΅
A. N. Wilson was born in North Staffordshire, and taught literature for seven years at New College Oxford, where he won the Chancellor's English Essay Prize and the Ellerton Prize. He is the author of over twenty novels, and as many works of non-fiction. His biography of Tolstoy won the Whitbread Prize in 1988. His biography of Queen Victoria was published to critical acclaim. He is also the author of The Victorians and of God's Funeral, an account of how the Victorians lost their faith. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a Member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He lives in London, and is the father of three daughters.
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅ Π°ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³Ρ.
ΠΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡ Ρ Π½Π°ΠΌΠΈ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΠΌ ΠΌΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ.
ΠΡΠΎΡΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π°ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³
Π‘ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΡΠΎΠ½Ρ ΠΈ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½ΡΠ΅ΡΡ
Π£ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Google Play ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³ΠΈ Π΄Π»Ρ Android ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ iPad/iPhone. ΠΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠΈΠ½Ρ
ΡΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Ρ Π²Π°ΡΠΈΠΌ Π°ΠΊΠΊΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΠΎΠΌ Π°Π²ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈ, ΠΈ Π²Ρ ΡΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΈΠΌΡΠ΅ ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³ΠΈ ΠΎΠ½Π»Π°ΠΉΠ½ ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ»Π°ΠΉΠ½ Π³Π΄Π΅ ΡΠ³ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎ.
ΠΠΎΡΡΠ±ΡΠΊΠΈ ΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΡΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΏΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ
ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³ΠΈ, ΠΊΡΠΏΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ Π² Google Play, ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ Π² Π±ΡΠ°ΡΠ·Π΅ΡΠ΅.
