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Loading... Mr Darwins Incredible Shrinking World: Science and Technology in 1859 (original 2008; edition 2008)by Peter MacinnisAs the author admits in the "Note to the reader", he struggled to find a combining theme for this miscellany of facts, and I have to agree. But, by the time I finished, I didn't mind the lack of cohesion - this is a wonderful collection of interesting and invigorating information about life and times in 1859, loosely connected to the environment that led to the publication in that year of Darwin's Origin of Species. The author has an infectious enthusiasm for his material, and happy to show his own preferences and prejudices as he does so. Great stuff. Read November 2011. (  ) mbmackay | Nov 9, 2011 |  As the author admits in the "Note to the reader", he struggled to find a combining theme for this miscellany of facts, and I have to agree. But, by the time I finished, I didn't mind the lack of cohesion - this is a wonderful collection of interesting and invigorating information about life and times in 1859, loosely connected to the environment that led to the publication in that year of Darwin's Origin of Species. The author has an infectious enthusiasm for his material, and happy to show his own preferences and prejudices as he does so. Great stuff. Read November 2011. ( ) mbmackay | Nov 9, 2011 | |
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