Charles and Emma

Charles and Emma
Author: Deborah Heiligman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2009-01-06
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1429934956

Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, his revolutionary tract on evolution and the fundamental ideas involved, in 1859. Nearly 150 years later, the theory of evolution continues to create tension between the scientific and religious communities. Challenges about teaching the theory of evolution in schools occur annually all over the country. This same debate raged within Darwin himself, and played an important part in his marriage: his wife, Emma, was quite religious, and her faith gave Charles a lot to think about as he worked on a theory that continues to spark intense debates. Deborah Heiligman's new biography of Charles Darwin is a thought-provoking account of the man behind evolutionary theory: how his personal life affected his work and vice versa. The end result is an engaging exploration of history, science, and religion for young readers. Charles and Emma is a 2009 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.

Emma Darwin

Emma Darwin
Author: Edna Healey
Publisher: Review
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2010-06-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0755361601

Much has been written about Charles Darwin but this is the first biography of his strong, intelligent wife. Emma Wedgwood, granddaughter of the famous Josiah, married Charles Darwin in 1839, three years after he returned from his extraordinary voyage on the Beagle. Their life together was intellectually exciting though overshadowed by personal tragedy. Edna Healey has discovered new, and hitherto unpublished, material and has had the full support of the Darwin family in writing this major biography.

Emma Darwin

Emma Darwin
Author: James Loy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780813034782

A biography of Emma Darwin, wife and cousin of Charles Darwin, discussing her childhood in a large family, her role as the mother of ten children, and the Christian faith that caused her to worry about her husband's soul.

Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book

Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book
Author: Dusha Bateson
Publisher: G Editions LLC
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Delineates a lifestyle at the top of English society and intelligentsia. This cookbook includes unlikely dishes such as Turnips Cresselly and Penally Pudding. It also features the recipe for boiling rice in Charles Darwin's own hand.

Darwin and Women

Darwin and Women
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2017-01-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1108138691

Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin's family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships, social and professional, with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining, intriguing, and challenging, and are organised into thematic chapters, including botany and zoology as well as marriage and servants, that set them in an accessible narrative context. Darwin's famous remarks on women's intelligence in Descent of Man provide a recurring motif, and are discussed in the foreword by Gillian Beer, and in the introduction. The immediacy and variety of these texts make this an entertaining read which will suggest avenues for further research to students.

Darwin and His Children

Darwin and His Children
Author: Tim M. Berra
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2013-09-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0199309442

While much has been written about the life and work of Charles Darwin, the lives of his wife and ten children remain largely unexamined. How did Darwin reconcile his own metaphysical views with those of his wife Emma Wedgwood, his first cousin and a devout Unitarian? Did his consanguineous marriage contribute to three of his children's young deaths, and how did these deaths affect both Darwin and his wife? And how did Darwin's death affect his surviving family? Most accounts of Charles Darwin's life end with his death, but Tim Berra's Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy moves past this moment in time, examining the distinct lives of Charles Darwin's wife and children, both in relation to him and as their own characters living, and dying, separately in the wake of their father's success. The book will feature a synopsis of the development of Darwin's beliefs, work, and marriage, and then discuss the role these played in each of his children's lives, in a separate chapter for each child. Three died soon after their births, while others grew up to be bankers, writers, scientists, or members of parliament. Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy covers each child in turn, providing a new and more personal perspective on the life and legacy of Charles Darwin.

From the Big Bang to God

From the Big Bang to God
Author: Lloyd Geering
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781598151398

"A summary of the history of the universe through the lenses of science and the world's religions"--Publisher information.

Period Piece

Period Piece
Author: Gwen Raverat
Publisher: Clear Press Ltd
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781904555124

A facsimile of a 19th century book is a delightful, quirky account, beautifully illustrated with the author's famous line drawings, of her quintessentially English childhood growing up as a Darwin at the end of the 19th century.