Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species

Author(s): Dr. Michael Leach; Dr. Meriel Lland

Biology | 11 - February

An entertaining way for children learn about evolution through the life and discoveries of Charles Darwin.

Contents:

Introduction
- What is Evolution?
- Paving the Way for Darwin

About Darwin
- Who was Charles Darwin?
- Darwin in the Galapagos
- Darwin and Wallace
- Lighting a Fire
- The "Man-Book"
- An Experimental Life

Darwin's Key Theories
- Mysteries Evolution
- Variation in Action
- Taming the Wild
- From Wolf to Wood!
- From One Come Many
- Survival of the Fittest
- Struggle for Existence
- Sexual Selection
- Instinct and Habitats in Animal
- Island Life

Darwin's Legacy
- Filling Out the Fossil Timeline
- Darwin's Tree of Life
- The Web of Life
- The Slow March of Evolution
- The Rise of the Birds
- Convergent Evolution
- How the Earth Moved

Science Today
- The Discovery of the Gene
- The Arrival of Humans
- Some Things Darwin Got Wrong
- Gene Editing and the Future of Evolution
- Evolution in Action

Glossary


Product Information

Dr. Michael Leach is a full time wildlife author and photographer. He has travelled to all seven continents and worked with many of the world's most charismatic animals - polar bears in the Arctic, gorillas in central Africa, lemurs in Madagascar, sperm whales in the mid-Atlantic, monkeys in the Amazon, penguins in the Antarctic and elephants in Kenya. He is the author of 36 books and has given more than 4000 illustrated talks.
Dr. Meriel Lland is a writer, researcher, photographer, and film-artist entranced by the natural world. She's travelled with reindeer in Scandanavia, elephants in Africa, and camels in Morocco. Meriel lectures in universities and runs workshops in schools and the wider community. Her writing and images have appeared in publications worldwide.
Juanita Londono-Gaviria was born in Colombia, and has always lived amidst the mountains, surrounded by nature, birds and flowers. She studied fashion design in her hometown, Medellin, and graduated in Concept Art from Vancouver Film School in 2018 and has been freelancing as an illustrator and a textile designer since then.

General Fields

  • : 9781398828568
  • : Arcturus Publishing Limited
  • : Arcturus Publishing Limited
  • : 09 February 2024
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Dr. Michael Leach; Dr. Meriel Lland
  • : Juanita Londono-Gaviria