DARWIN, HIS DAUGHTER & HUMAN EVOLUTION
Randal Keynes, . . Riverhead, $26.95 (384pp) ISBN 978-1-57322-192-4
In this intimate portrait of the great naturalist as devoted family man, Keynes describes how Charles Darwin's "life and his science were all of a piece." The great-great-grandson of the scientist, Keynes uses published documents as well as family papers and artifacts to show how Darwin's thinking on evolution was influenced by his deep attachment to his wife and children. In particular, his anguish over his 10-year-old daughter Annie's death sharpened his conviction that the operation of natural laws had nothing to do with divine intervention or morality. Keynes, also a descendant of economist John Maynard Keynes, shows that much of Darwin's intellectual struggle in writing
Reviewed on: 12/10/2001
Genre: Nonfiction
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