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- catalog abstract ""When Charles Darwin landed on the Galapagos Islands in 1835, he was the first to recognize that their isolation and desolation were advantages for a naturalist: Here the workings of nature are laid bare for study. Still, much more happened on these islands than Darwin's lone visit. Evolution's Workshop describes how specimen-hunting and science have supported each other (or not) on the Galapagos over the past three centuries. In lucid prose, Edward Larson introduces the extraordinary parade of top researchers who have studied on the islands, the warring institutions that have sent expeditions, and the major discoveries that have emerged as a result. He shows why these islands have been called the workshop of evolution: It is here that the tools and blueprints of nature are visible, and here that the great theories have been built."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12089024.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""When Charles Darwin landed on the Galapagos Islands in 1835, he was the first to recognize that their isolation and desolation were advantages for a naturalist: Here the workings of nature are laid bare for study. Still, much more happened on these islands than Darwin's lone visit. Evolution's Workshop describes how specimen-hunting and science have supported each other (or not) on the Galapagos over the past three centuries. In lucid prose, Edward Larson introduces the extraordinary parade of top researchers who have studied on the islands, the warring institutions that have sent expeditions, and the major discoveries that have emerged as a result. He shows why these islands have been called the workshop of evolution: It is here that the tools and blueprints of nature are visible, and here that the great theories have been built."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-310) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- Introduction : Enchantments old and new -- Part one : Creationist conceptions -- Cursed by God and nature ; Natural theology of hell ; What Darwin saw -- Part two : Evolutionary debates -- Collecting on classic ground ; California stakes its claim ; Amateurs take over -- Part three : Ecology matters -- Brave new world ; House that lack built ; Paradise and purgatory -- Appendix.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 320 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Evolution's workshop.".
- catalog identifier "0465038107".
- catalog isFormatOf "Evolution's workshop.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
- catalog relation "Evolution's workshop.".
- catalog spatial "Galapagos Islands.".
- catalog subject "576.8/09866/5 21".
- catalog subject "Evolution (Biology) Galapagos Islands.".
- catalog subject "Evolution.".
- catalog subject "QH366.2 .L375 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Introduction : Enchantments old and new -- Part one : Creationist conceptions -- Cursed by God and nature ; Natural theology of hell ; What Darwin saw -- Part two : Evolutionary debates -- Collecting on classic ground ; California stakes its claim ; Amateurs take over -- Part three : Ecology matters -- Brave new world ; House that lack built ; Paradise and purgatory -- Appendix.".
- catalog title "Evolution's workshop : God and science on the Galápagos Islands / Edward J. Larson.".
- catalog type "text".