About “Evolution's Captain”
The book is the story of Captain Robert FitzRoy, who invited Charles Darwin to join the Beagle voyage, not for Darwin’s scientific expertise but as a companion to help combat FitzRoy’s inherited mental illness. The resulting clash between FitzRoy’s fundamentalist views and Darwin’s emerging discoveries ultimately contributed to FitzRoy’s descent into despair and his suicide.
Book details
- Published
- 2003
- Latest edition
- 2003 · ISBN 9780060088781
- ISBN
- 9780060088781
Frequently asked questions
How many pages is Evolution's Captain?
Evolution's Captain by Peter Nichols has 352 pages.
