Darwin and the Barnacle de Rebecca Stott - 2003

Faber & Faber, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Faber & Faber, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Faber & Faber, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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Faber & Faber, 2003. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:9780571209668

London: Faber and Faber. Very Good/Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0571209661 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Grey boards with bright white titling on spine. Slight bump. No ownership marks. Illustrations / photographs. 309 pages clean and tight. In 1846 Darwin had a secret: an essay sealed in an envelope and locked in his study drawer which would overturn human understanding of time and nature forever. Before he published, he had just one more riddle to solve, that of the strange anatomy of a barnacle, nick-named Mr Arthrobalanus, found in South America during the voyage of the Beagle. Abberant creatures like these are the key to the processes of natural selection, but eight years later, with a study filled with hundreds of barnacle specimens, the case is still unclosed. Was Darwin hesitating? Or was he testing his "dangerous idea" to destruction? "Darwin and the Barnacle" is the story of how genius sometimes proceeds through indirection - and how… Leer más

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Faber & Faber, London, 2003. Hardcover. 8vo, First Edition. Book Condition: Good Plus. Ex library. Very clean copy. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. In rotectivecover..

Faber & Faber, 2003. 256, 29 b/w illus. . HB. NEW. . This is the story of a barnacle, nick-named Mr. Arthrobalanus, found in South America during Darwin's voyage of the Beagle. It tells of how genius sometimes proceeds through indirection - and how one small creature contributed to history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough. [9780571209668]