Hanne Strager

This book tries to cover a lot of territory in a short space; biography of Darwin, discussion of his scientific ideas and how they fit into the history of evolutionary theory right up to the present, somewhat discordant look at the conflict between Christian fundamentalists' literalist take on Genesis vs. the scientific consensus of an ancient Earth and evolution of species, also right up to the present.

This inevitably means that the book is somewhat superficial and is probably weakest on show more the biographical front. The scientific angle is entry-level and probably good as such but will seem a little patronising to people already familiar with the basic ideas. It's also slightly out of date in that it pays no heed to modern epigenetics or the whole Gould vs. Dawkins controversy.

I wanted a much deeper insight into the character of the man, but that doesn't make it a bad book, just the wrong book. It might be just what you are looking for. show less

Disclaimer: I received this book as part of GoodReads' First Reads program.

A very interesting book detailing the history of some of the items in the Natural History Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. A DoDo skull, a blue whale skeleton, the single known instance of type of spider, a collection of snails shells donated by Hans Christian Anderson, a collection of barnacles donated by Charles Darwin, etc. Each short chapter details the item and explains how it came to be in the museum's collection. show more There are plenty of interesting pictures as well. The writing seems to be at a level that would be appropriate for middle school or high school students, though I enjoyed it as a fast, light read while on the train. show less

Indeholder "Prolog - Brevet", "Sprækker i fundamentet", "Jeg må ud", "Jorden skælver", "The greatest wish in the world", "Sammenbrud", "Kampen om kontinenterne", "Tomrum", "En ny begyndelse", "Under overfladen", "Hvis jeg har ret - og det ved jeg, at jeg har", "Professoratet, der forsvandt", "Marie Tharp og havbunden", "You are one of us", "Afsked", "Epilog - Notesbogen", "Tak", "Referencer", "Litteraturliste", "Oversigt over illustrationer".

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En biografi om Inge Lehmann. show less