Download or read book Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution written by Iain McCalman and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sparkling . . . an extraordinary true-adventure story, complete with trials, tribulations and moments of exultation."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Award-winning cultural historian Iain McCalman tells the stories of Charles Darwin and his staunchest supporters: Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley, and Alfred Wallace. Beginning with the somber morning of April 26, 1882—the day of Darwin's funeral—Darwin's Armada steps back and recounts the lives and scientific discoveries of each of these explorers, who campaigned passionately in the war of ideas over evolution and advanced the scope of Darwin's work.