Darwin's backyard : how small experiments led to a big theory / James T. Costa.
Darwin's backyard : how small experiments led to a big theory / James T. Costa.
Darwin's backyard : how small experiments led to a big theory / James T. Costa.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2017/4332
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xviii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Origins of an experimentiser -- Experimentising: going to seed -- Barnacles to barbs -- Experimentising: doing your barnacles -- Untangling the bank -- Experimentising: a taste for botany -- Buzzing places -- Experimentising: bees' cells and bubbles -- A grand game of chess -- Experimentising: getti...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Darwin's childhood through his voyage on the HMS Beagle where his ideas on evolution began. We then follow Darwin to Down House, his bustling home of forty years, where he kept porcupine quills at his desk to dissect barnacles, maintained a flock of sixteen pigeon breeds in the dovecote, and cultivate...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Darwin's backyard : how small experiments led to a big theory / James T. Costa.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
"Includes directions for eighteen hands-on experiments, for home, school, yard, or garden."--Jacket flap.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-418) and index.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2017/4332
Record Identifier
74VKVrWG0DXl
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVrWG0DXl
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0393239896 hardcover
9780393239898 hardcover
DDC
576.82
MMS ID
991024124818102626
