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The Tree of Life

Charles Darwin (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))

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| Hardcover | 9780374456283

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In this brilliant presentation of a revolutionary thinker's life, the picture book becomes an art form

As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men . . .

Charles Darwin was, above all else, an independent thinker who continues even now to iContinue

In this brilliant presentation of a revolutionary thinker's life, the picture book becomes an art form

As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men . . .

Charles Darwin was, above all else, an independent thinker who continues even now to influence the way we look at the natural world. His endless curiosity and passion for detail resulted in a wealth of notebooks, diaries, correspondence, and published writings that Peter Sís transforms into a visual treasure trove. A multilayered journey through Darwin’s world, The Tree of Life begins with his childhood and traces the arc of his life through university and career, following him around the globe on the voyage of the Beagle, and home to a quiet but momentous life devoted to science and family. Sís uses his own singular vision to create a gloriously detailed panorama of a genius’s trajectory through investigating and understanding the mysteries of nature. In pictures executed in fine pen and ink and lush watercolors – cameo portraits, illustrated pages of diary, cutaway views of the Beagle, as well as charts, maps, and a gatefold spread – Peter Sís has shaped a wondrous introduction to Charles Darwin.

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  • Life’s Lineages

    Published in the year of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, The New Foundations of Evolution is concerned with a topic that is decidedly non-Darwinian: the evolution of microorganisms and the structure of the universal tree of life. Thi ... (read full critics)

    americanscientist published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • The Best Reviews: Peter Sis, The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin

    "For all ages" Naturalist student Charles Darwin spent five-years exploring remote locales in the Pacific as part of the voyage of the Beagle. Darwin kept detailed notes that documented all he saw. However, though his writings about the trek are incr ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 44 Pages
  • Edition: 1st ed
  • ISBN-10: 0374456283
  • ISBN-13: 9780374456283
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
  • Pub date: Oct 01, 2003
  • Dimensions: 2000 mm x 1484 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
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