Ruth Ashby

Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1831, young adventurer and nature enthusiast Charles Darwin set sail on a remarkable five-year voyage that changed the study of biology forever. Award-winning author Ruth Ashby shares the story of Darwin's famous journey aboard the British navy ship, the Beagle, which led to the development of his theories of evolution and natural selection. This lively account follows the naturalist's exciting trip around the world-through seasickness, a life-threatening illness, and even an earthquake-as he explores South America, the Cape Verde Islands, Tahiti, and the Galapagos Islands. During his travels, Darwin meets Indigenous peoples and carefully collects and catalogs plants, fossils, birds, mammals, and insects. Darwin's observations of the distribution and diversity of plant and animal life ultimately leads to the development of his theories on evolution. Readers will be inspired by Darwin's transformation from talented but mediocre schoolboy into a remarkable scientist as they read about the revolutionary voyage that forever changed the world of biology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Holiday House
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781561457465
• Artikelnr.: 51754287

Autorenporträt

A former book editor and teacher, Ruth Ashby the author of more than thirty nonfiction children's books on topics ranging from biology and paleontology to history and biography. She lives in New York.