The story of one man, three islands and half a million puffins.
Reviews: History
Book review: ‘The Development of Darwin’s Theory’ by Dov Ospovat
Natural History, Natural Theology, and Natural Selection, 1838–1859.
Book review: ‘Time Song’ by Julia Blackburn
Searching for Doggerland
Book review: ‘Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species’ by Sabina Radeva
Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection explained for young children.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’
Letters to and from Darwin in the immediate aftermath of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.
Book review: ‘Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants’ by Ken Thompson
Darwin’s botany today.
Book review: ‘Watling Street’ by John Higgs
Travels through Britain and its ever-present past.
Book review: ‘Heligoland’ by Jan Rüger
Britain, Germany, and the struggle for the North Sea.
Book review: ‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’ by Roland Jackson
Victorian scientist, mountaineer, and public intellectual.
Book review: ‘The Flamingo’s Smile’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Reflections in natural history.