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  <default_description>In lively and accessible style, the authors tell how Darwin came to his world-changing conclusions and how he kept his thoughts secret for twenty years. Hailed as the definitive biography, this book explains Darwin's paradox and offers a window on Victorian science, theology, and mores. Contains a wealth of new information and 90 photographs.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1991</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist</original_title>
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    <body><![CDATA[Het is geen boek dat je even in de trein uitleest: de maar liefst 960 pagina's dikke Darwinbiografie van Adrian Desmond en James Moore. Maar wie zich eraan waagt, krijgt wel een bijzonder gedetailleerd beeld van de persoon Charles Darwin én van de tijd waarin hij zijn evolutietheorie bedacht.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67710058">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 14 02:18:27 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Part of an Amazon shopping spree I treated myself to this week, this is proving an excellent read so far. I caught Melvyn Bragg's fantastic four part radio series on Darwin on Radio 4 a few weeks ago, in which this book's co-author gave several fascinating insights, and just had to buy it. Am gettin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45829003">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent and engaging. No one should pass judgement on the man before reading this book]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I tried to get through this.  I really did.  But after reading David Quammen's Darwin biography, which was light-hearted and funny and well-written, I just can't get into this densely-packed tome.  I know that I would better understand Darwin by understanding the social turmoil of his time... but it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4256350">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was already familiar with the intellectual (scientific and religious) environment in which Darwin hesitated, then finally published his theory, but I never appreciated the economical, political, and social implications. He was leary of lending support to &quot;the mob&quot; then on the street, suc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57890880">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[tough going for the first 150 pages but picked up a lot after that...took a while to get through this but i know a lot about Darwin's life now :)  I thought the style this was written in was very appropriate to the age they were writing about but was not terrible accessible.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes, it's long, but it's surprisingly well-written and lively.  The citations are the worst part--endnotes, and not linked to specific pages, only to sections.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Is this for real? Either way it's very funny<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq1HOxwFZCY" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq1HOxwFZCY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq1HOxwFZ...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[also, from the library. but if they dont have it then i might buy it...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[too fabulous for words]]></body>
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