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booklist january 2010

!is is a very short list of the many hundreds of books about Darwin and evolution that are currently in print.

0M^cUZ»_ O[^^Q_\[ZPQZOQ !ere are many, very expensive, volumes of Darwin’s correspondence available. !e following three books are relatively inexpensive however. All of the Darwin le"ers will eventually be available on-line at: h"p://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/ Charles Darwin: !e Beagle Le"ers Edited by Frederick Burkhardt (2008) Cambridge University Press. (Hardback) ISBN: 978 0521898386. !is is an edited collection of the personal le"ers that Charles Darwin wrote and received on his five-year voyage on !e Beagle. !e style is refreshingly informal, as most of the le"ers were wri"en to his family and friends. Origins: Selected Le"ers of Charles Darwin, 1822–1859 Edited by Frederick Burkhardt. Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould (2008) Cambridge University Press. (Hardback, Anniversary edition) ISBN: 978 0521898621. Evolution: Selected le"ers of Charles Darwin 1860–1870 Edited by Frederick Burkhardt, Alison M. Pearn and Samantha Evans. Foreword by Sir David A1enborough (2008) Cambridge University Press. (Hardback) ISBN: 978 0521874120.

@TQ .QMSXQ B[eMSQ Charles Darwin’s Beagle Diary Edited by Richard D. Keynes (2001) Cambridge University Press. (Paperback) ISBN: 978 0521003179. A transcript of Darwin’s personal diary, not to be confused with the ‘Voyage of the Beagle’, which is a more formal (and non-chronological) account of his travels which he wrote on his return. HMS Beagle: Survey ship extraordinary by Karl Heinz Marquardt (1999) Conway Maritime Press Ltd. (Hardback) ISBN: 978 0851777030. A book of plans of !e Beagle, recreated from the scant evidence available. Note that this book is very difficult to obtain. !is thing of darkness by Harry 2ompson (2006, New edition) Headline Review (Paperback) ISBN: 978 0755302819. !is highly-acclaimed novel is an account of the second voyage of !e Beagle, which focuses on the interaction between Charles Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy. Although meticulously researched and largely accurate, the author mischievously puts words from one of Tony Blair’s speeches into the mouth of a South American dictator.

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.U[S^M\Te Darwin by Adrian Desmond and James R. Moore (1992) Penguin (Paperback) ISBN: 978 0140131925. !is is one of two major award-winning biographies of Charles Darwin (the other is Janet Browne’s two-volume epic— see below). Darwin’s sacred cause: Race, slavery and the quest for human origins by Adrian Desmond and James R. Moore (2009) Allen Lane (Hardback) ISBN: 978 1846140358. !e Darwin and Wedgwood families were at the forefront of the anti-slavery campaign. !is volume examines its influence on Darwin’s motivation in his study of human evolution. Charles Darwin: Voyaging by Janet Browne (2003) Pimlico (Paperback) ISBN: 978 1844133147. Charles Darwin: !e power of place by Janet Browne (2003) Pimlico (Paperback) ISBN: 978 0712668378. !ese two award-winning volumes are an authoritative biography of Darwin. Creation: !e true story of Charles Darwin by Randal Keynes (2009) John Murray (Paperback) ISBN: 978 1848542020. Previously published as ‘Annie’s box’ in the UK, this biography of Charles Darwin by one of his great-great grandsons focuses on the impact of the death of Darwin’s daughter Anne, aged ten, on Darwin’s religious beliefs. !e book has been re-named to tie in with the 2009 film of the same title, although the film dramatisation differs from this meticulously-researched book. Darwin: A life in science by Michael White and John Gribbin (2009) Pocket Books (Paperback) ISBN: 978 1847391490. A fairly lightweight biography of Charles Darwin. Darwin’s Garden. Down House and the Origin of Species by Michael Boulter (2008) Constable (Hardback) ISBN: 978 1845295998. How Charles Darwin developed his ideas of evolution using the garden at Down House and the surrounding countryside.

1b[Xa`U[Z `Qd`N[[W_ Evolution: !e first four billion years Edited by Michael Ruse and Joseph Travis (2009) Harvard University Press (Hardback) ISBN: 978 0674031753. A large collection of authoritative academic essays providing an introduction to modern ideas in evolution. Evolution: Modular Workbook (Biology Modular Workbook Series) by Tracey Greenwood, Lyn Shepherd, Richard Allan and Daniel Butler (2006) Biozone International Ltd (Paperback) ISBN: 978 1877329883. An illustrated workbook designed for post-16 school students.

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booklist january 2010 Evolution by Nicholas H. Barton et al (2007) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (Hardback) ISBN: 978 0879696849. Large, up-to-date undergraduate textbook with colour illustrations throughout. Evolution by Mark Ridley (2ird edition, 2003) Blackwell (Paperback) ISBN: 978 1405103459. Large, up-to-date undergraduate textbook. Reading the story in DNA: A beginner’s guide to molecular evolution by Lindell Bromham (2008) Oxford University Press. (Paperback) ISBN: 978 0199290918. Amusing and informative undergraduate textbook on molecular evolution. Superb. Evolution for Dummies by Greg Krukonis and Tracy Barr (2008) John Wiley & Sons (Paperback) ISBN: 978 0470117736. Suitable for post-16 and as a painless intoroduction for undergraduate students.

9[PQ^Z QbUPQZOQ R[^ Qb[Xa`U[Z Why evolution is true by Jerry A. Coyne (2009) Oxford University Press (Hardback ) ISBN: 978 0199230846. Life ascending: !e ten great inventions of evolution by Nick Lane (2009) Profile Books (Hardback) ISBN: 978 1861978486. Making of the fi"est by Sean Carroll (2008) Quercus Books (Hardback) ISBN: 978 1847244765. Popular account of molecular evidence for evolution. Remarkable creatures by Sean Carroll (2009) Quercus Books (Hardback) ISBN: 978 1847247216. Evolution: What the fossils say and why it ma"ers by Donald R. Prothero (2007) Columbia University Press (Hardback) ISBN: 978 0231139625. !e greatest show on Earth: !e evidence for evolution by Richard Dawkins (2009) Bantam Press (Hardback) ISBN: 978 0593061732. 99% Ape: How evolution adds up Edited by Jonathan Silvertown (2008) Natural History Museum, London (Paperback) ISBN: 978 0565092313. Up-to-date, beautifully-illustrated guide to evolution.

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