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The Big Idea: Darwin and Evolution

AuthorPaul Strathern

NarratorJohn Albasiny

Duration1h 30m

CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, Science

Key StageKS4

PublisherInhouse

VersionUnabridged

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'The Big Idea' is a fascinating series of popular science books aimed at scientists and non-specialists alike. Charles Darwin's formulation of the theory of evolution with its now commonplace central idea of 'the survival of the fittest' is today generally accepted as logical and self-evident, yet at the time was seen as shocking and blasphemous.

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