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A journey that changed science forever
Twenty-two-year-old Charles Darwin isn’t looking to start a revolution. He’s just a young man with a notebook, a passion for beetles, and a knack for finding trouble. In 1831 he sets sail on the HMS Beagle for a five-year journey of discovery. Braving massive earthquakes in the Andes, trekking through jungles, and coming face to face with the giant tortoises of the Galápagos, little does he know that this voyage will set him on a path to one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of science.
As he collects strange fossils and studies the beaks of tiny birds, Charles begins to see a pattern—an idea that explains how every living thing on Earth is connected. It’s an idea that will challenge everything that humanity believes about life on Earth.
Twenty-two-year-old Charles Darwin isn’t looking to start a revolution. He’s just a young man with a notebook, a passion for beetles, and a knack for finding trouble. In 1831 he sets sail on the HMS Beagle for a five-year journey of discovery. Braving massive earthquakes in the Andes, trekking through jungles, and coming face to face with the giant tortoises of the Galápagos, little does he know that this voyage will set him on a path to one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of science.
As he collects strange fossils and studies the beaks of tiny birds, Charles begins to see a pattern—an idea that explains how every living thing on Earth is connected. It’s an idea that will challenge everything that humanity believes about life on Earth.
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Isabel Thomas
Isabel Thomas is an award-winning science writer, presenter, and educator. She has degrees in Human Sciences from the University of Oxford and Educational Research from the University of Cambridge. Isabel has written a galaxy of books for young audiences, and is a double winner of the AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books. She also writes features for science magazines and the BBC, and delivers outreach projects for a wide range of organizations, inspiring children from diverse backgrounds to pursue science. You can find more about Isabel and her work at isabelthomas.co.uk.
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