Darwin mythology: debunking myths, correcting falsehoods

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New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press (2024)
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This concise, accessible and engaging collection debunks the myths and corrects the falsehoods surrounding one of the most famous scientific figures in history - Charles Darwin. Leading scholars examine his life and work to set the historical record straight, and to draw conclusions about the very nature of science itself.

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That Charles Darwin was not directly influenced by the evolutionary views of his grandfather.Erasmus Patricia Fara
That most European naturalists before Darwin did not think that species change was possible.Pietro Corsi
That myths are simple falsehoods.John Heilbron

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