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IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 11
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1020L
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English
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Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma, were deeply in love and very supportive of each other, but their opinions often clashed. Emma was extremely religious, and Charles questioned God's very existence.
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Collected in this edition is the early autobiographical fragment written by Charles Darwin in 1838 along with his official autobiography which was first published in 1887, five years after his death. His controversial theory of evolution, which asserted that all of life on earth descended from common ancestors through a process of natural selection, subjected him to much criticism in his lifetime but would ultimately place him amongst the most important...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Charles Darwin lived in the Victorian era, a time of great change. Many people were debating how life on Earth began. In his twenties, Darwin went on a five-year sea voyage around the world. It shook up his ideas about how life evolved. His radical new insight, natural selection, was so controversial that he feared revealing it for more than twenty years. His classic, "On the Origin of Species," has been called the best science book ever written;...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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880L
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English
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This title is a brief, yet informative, biography on Charles Darwin. Readers will learn about Darwin's early life, personal life, and all about his contributions to science, natural selection, evolution, and common descent. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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A brief biography of English naturalist responsible for the advancement of the science of evolution.
Two hundred years after Charles Darwin's birth (February 12, 1809), this thoroughly illustrated, yet concise biography reveals the great scientist as husband, father, and friend.
Tim M. Berra tells the fascinating story of the man and the idea that changed everything. Berra discusses Darwin's revolutionary scientific work, its impact on modern-day...
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Charles Darwin published his most important book in 1859 called THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. In this book Darwin claimed that plants and animals living today are descended from similar species that lived long ago. It caused an immediate uproar and upset some people because it appeared to go against the Bible. The genius of Charles Darwin is his discovery of a unifying theory of biology, explaining the diversity of life.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
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English
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"Learn about the great scientist Charles Darwin as he developed the theory of evolution. You'll read about his life, the science behind his studies, and the impact of his work on the world today"--
13) Charles Darwin
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1040L
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""Animals that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and have more offspring." He named this idea natural selection. This fascinating biography details the life and achievements of Charles Darwin, a scientist who made significant contributions to the field of natural history. Darwin's groundbreaking Theory of Evolution changed the world's understanding of how animal species grow and change over generations"--
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Peter Raby lectures in Drama and English at Homerton College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of the widely praised biography Samuel Butler, Bright Paradise: Victorian Scientific Travellers (Princeton), Fair Ophelia: A Life of Harriet Smithson Berlioz, and Aubrey Beardsley and the 1890s. He also writes extensively on theater and is editor of The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde and The Cambridge Companion to Pinter (forthcoming).
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1060L
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English
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A biography of the English naturalist who, after collecting plants and animals from around the world, postulated the theory of evolution by natural selection. Includes related activities.
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Darwin's revolutionary career is the perfect vehicle for historian Paul Johnson. Marked by the insightful observation, spectacular wit, and highly readable prose for which Johnson is so well regarded, Darwin brings the gentleman-scientist and his times brilliantly into focus. From Darwin's birth into great fortune to his voyage aboard the Beagle, to the long-delayed publication of his masterpiece, Johnson delves into what made this Victorian gentleman...
20) Darwin
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[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1060L
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English
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A picture book biography which reveals the assembling of Darwin's most profound idea: the survival of the fittest.
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