"An illuminating, humanizing portrait of a famous scientist."
--Booklist, starred review
All his life, Charles Darwin hated controversy. Yet he takes his place
among the Giants of Science for what remains an immensely controversial
subject: the theory of evolution. Darwin began piecing together his
explanation for how all living things change or adapt during his
five-year voyage on HMS Beagle. But it took him twenty years to go
public, for fear of the backlash his theory would cause. Once again,
Kathleen Krull delivers a witty and astute picture of one of history's
greatest scientists.