{"product_id":"9780691114392","title":"Charles Darwin: The Power of Place","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1858, Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down House in the Kent countryside. He was not yet a focus of debate; his \"big book on species\" still lay on his desk as a manuscript. For more than twenty years he had been accumulating material for it, puzzling over the questions that it raised, trying to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion, and wanting to be certain that his startling theory of evolution was correct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is at this point that the concluding volume of Janet Browne's magisterial biography opens. Beginning with the extraordinary events that finally forced the \u003ci\u003eOrigin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e into print, we come to the years of fame and controversy. Here, Browne does dramatic justice to all aspects of the Darwinian revolution, from a fascinating examination of the Victorian publishing scene to a survey of the debates between scientists and churchmen over evolutionary theory. At the same time, she presents a wonderfully sympathetic and authoritative picture of Darwin himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024874619120,"sku":"9780691114392","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780691114392_p0.jpg?v=1763610111","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780691114392","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}