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Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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New in New dust jacket. 1579124925. This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "The Voyage of the Beagle is a wonderful book! Darwin is justifiably considered to be the greatest biologist of all time, and this book gives us a chance to see the world through his eyes at the very beginning of his scientific career. ( Darwin wrote this book in 1836, when he was in his early twenties) Amazingly, he is a fine writer too. The style seems very modern and easy to read. It's as if you had a friend who was sending letters about his long trip around the world. And your friend, though modest and humorous, is also more observant, knowledgeable, perceptive, and adventurous than anyone you'll ever meet. Darwin's observations from his time in South America are particularly interesting from a biological and sociological point of view. His remarks about Australia, and New Zealand-both at an early stage of colonization by the British-less so. They are more like a travelogue. His descriptions of the Galapagos are a little disappointing too, because we know now that they were a major source of inspiration-and proof-for his theory of evolution. Only by reading between the lines. can we see what was coming. Also there are a few people who will not find his racial comments up to twenty-first century standards of political correctness. In this case he was only about 150 years ahead of his time. With subtle and sometimes bitter irony he shows his hatred of slavery and openness to native religions. At the end of the book, almost as an afterthought, he throws in some observations, and a theory, about the origins of coral reefs and atolls. It's just one of a hundred natural history concepts he thought of. In the twentieth century it probably would have been worth a Nobel Prize. Very few primary sources, especially about great scientists and scientific theories are as accessible and entertaining as The Voyage of the Beagle."; Journal Of Reserachers Into Natural History and Geology Series; 9.18 X 6.46 X 1.12 inches; 490 pages.
