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A popular portrayal of the great naturalist Charles Darwin explores both the man and the scientist, revealing a wealthy man who was able to bankroll his scientific interests and discussing his innovative contributions to the fields of geology, ecology, and, above all, evolutionary theory. Reprint.

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9780786710478 | Running Pr Book Pub, April 1, 2002, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A popular portrayal of the great naturalist Charles Darwin explores both the man and the scientist, revealing a wealthy man who was able to bankroll his scientific interests and discussing his innovative contributions to the fields of geology, ecology, and, above all, evolutionary theory.

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9780786712120 | Reprint edition (Running Pr Book Pub, November 16, 2003), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A popular portrayal of the great naturalist Charles Darwin explores both the man and the scientist, revealing a wealthy man who was able to bankroll his scientific interests and discussing his innovative contributions to the fields of geology, ecology, and, above all, evolutionary theory.

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An offbeat examination of some of the scientific community's more unusual discoveries from the past two millennia describes how the Babylonians achieved time measurement, Galileo's revelations about the cosmos, Maimen's development of the first laser, and more.

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9780786716289 | Running Pr Book Pub, November 14, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: An examination of some of the scientific community's more unusual discoveries from the past two millennia describes such topics as how the Babylonians achieved time measurement, Galileo's revelations about the cosmos, and Maimen's development of the first laser.

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Product Description: Book by Aydon, Cyril

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9788496222670 | Robinbook, June 30, 2006, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Book by Aydon, Cyril

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Product Description: From the length of the human genome to the number of stars in the sky, within these pages lies a fascinating collection of stories of mankind's speculation and discovery. When the great Isaac Newton looked back on his life's work, he felt he had been "like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me...read more

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9780786718658 | 1 edition (Running Pr Book Pub, November 7, 2006), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: From the length of the human genome to the number of stars in the sky, within these pages lies a fascinating collection of stories of mankind's speculation and discovery.

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Product Description: Not just a history of the world, this is also a history for the world. Packed full of fascinating information, it is written in the same lively and accessible style that charmed the readers of Cyril Aydon's previous books Charles Darwin and A Book of Scientific Curiosities...read more

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9780786720859 | Running Pr Book Pub, November 8, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Not just a history of the world, this is also a history for the world.

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Product Description: Charles Darwin has become one of the most important men in history. The quiet, unsure polymath who avoided confrontation, ensconced in his family home at Downe House in Kent, was also a revolutionary who developed his idea of Natural Selection in isolation...read more

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9780762433650 | Running Pr Book Pub, December 31, 2007, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Charles Darwin has become one of the most important men in history.

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