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Darwin: A Graphic Biography
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- Book Title
- Darwin: A Graphic Biography
- Artist
- Byrne, Eugene
- ISBN
- 1588343529
- EAN
- 9781588343529
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Artist/Writer
- Eugene Byrne, Gurr, Simon
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Comics & Graphic Novels
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Darwin: A Graphic Biography is an inspiring expedition into the physical and intellectual adventures of Charles Darwin. Presenting Darwin's life in a smart and entertaining graphic novel, Darwin: A Graphic Biography attempts to not only educate the reader about Darwin but also the scientific world of the 1800s. The graphic medium is ideal for recreating a very specific time frame, succeeding in placing the reader right next to a young Darwin on a beetling expedition. With specimens in both hands, and anxious to get another, Darwin ends up stuffing the third beetle into his mouth. Darwin's life presented in this form is an inspirational tale for kids of all ages. They'll be sure to identify with a curious young Darwin finding his way on youthful adventures in the fields near his house. The ups, downs, and near-misses of Darwin's youth are portrayed honestly and without foreshadowing of his later fame. This is a key point for younger readers: that Darwin wasn't somehow predestined to greatness. He was curious, patient, and meticulous. He persevered--a great lesson about what science is all about.
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Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
ISBN-10
1588343529
ISBN-13
9781588343529
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117232577
Product Key Features
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Comics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year
2013
Language
English
Artist/Writer
Eugene Byrne, Gurr, Simon
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3in
Item Length
9in
Item Weight
6.6 Oz
Item Width
6in
Additional Product Features
Number of Pages
100 Pages
Professional Grader
Seventh Grade
Era Range
12
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Darwin: A Graphic Biography is aimed at 10- to 15-year-olds. However, it's also sophisticated and detailed enough to give older readers a fantastic springboard into the life and scientific times of the world's greatest biologist. Grovel Eugene Byrne and Simon Gurr have crafted another history title of note with Darwin: A Graphic Biography, which will be published in February. I've read many books on Darwin, and still think there are not enough in the world, yet find it easy to recommend this new one to teens. In detailed, shadowed black-and-white drawings, the authors provide a "really exciting and dramatic story of a man who mostly stayed home and wrote some books." The standard facts are included: Darwin's childhood and early attraction to natural science, his voyage on the Beagle, and his long contemplation of evolution that led to writing and publication of The Origin of the Species. But the facts are not what make this telling of his life so good. Byrne and Gurr frame Darwin within the fanciful setting of a wildlife program filmed for "Ape TV," and the narrative is peppered with plenty of pithy footnotes, as well as some intense discussion of evolution. The apes interject infrequently, just enough to bring in the humor, but keeping the story from devolving into silliness, and the poignancy of Darwin's life and the challenges he faced on his path to the truth (in a shared role, thankfully noted here by Alfred Russell Wallace) are not overlooked. More importantly, the authors manage to introduce some timely intellectual discussions without intimidating readers who might be fairly new to Darwin's biography and make clear that the conclusions he reached were not casual or naïve. It's a careful tightrope Byrne and Gurr walk of making their subject accessible, while not reducing his ideas to talking points. I think they have done a great job with Darwin, while injecting some unexpected humor into a very serious subject. Taken alongside Economix, this slim volume proves further the harmonious relationship that can be found between nonfiction and the graphic novel format. Bookslut, Darwin: A Graphic Biography is aimed at 10- to 15-year-olds. However, it's also sophisticated and detailed enough to give older readers a fantastic springboard into the life and scientific times of the world's greatest biologist. Grovel, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Early in this bio, a college-age Darwin is out collecting beetles when he spies a rare bombardier beetle. With beetles already in both hands, he shoves the new specimen into his mouth, only to have it release a "hot, stinking mixture" of chemicals, causing him to lose all three insects. This is a typical anecdote in the account, which covers Darwin's entire life, from his upbringing and studies to his fateful voyage aboard the Beagle and publication of On the Origin of Species. Using the framing device of a group of wisecracking monkeys recording a nature special, Byrne and Gurr present Darwin as a misfit who never quite found a place in regular society. Gurr's b&w art is skillfully executed, but it does little to further the narrative on its own, and the book falls into a pattern of dense text explanations with drawings that fill in examples. While the book may be too text-heavy for a mass appeal, its drawbacks are outweighed by its sense of humor and its novel approach to telling the life story of one of history's most famous and misunderstood scientists. Ages 1015. (Feb.) Darwin: A Graphic Biography is aimed at 10- to 15-year-olds. However, it's also sophisticated and detailed enough to give older readers a fantastic springboard into the life and scientific times of the world's greatest biologist. Grovel Eugene Byrne and Simon Gurr have crafted another history title of note with Darwin: A Graphic Biography, which will be published in February. I've read many books on Darwin, and still think there are not enough in the world, yet find it easy to recommend this new one to teens. In detailed, shadowed black-and-white drawings, the authors provide a "really exciting and dramatic story of a man who mostly stayed home and wrote some books." The standard facts are included: Darwin's childhood and early attraction to natural science, his voyage on the Beagle, and his long contemplation of evolution that led to writing and publication of The Origin of the Species. But the facts are not what make this telling of his life so good. Byrne and Gurr frame Darwin within the fanciful setting of a wildlife program filmed for "Ape TV," and the narrative is peppered with plenty of pithy footnotes, as well as some intense discussion of evolution. The apes interject infrequently, just enough to bring in the humor, but keeping the story from devolving into silliness, and the poignancy of Darwin's life and the challenges he faced on his path to the truth (in a shared role, thankfully noted here by Alfred Russell Wallace) are not overlooked. More importantly, the authors manage to introduce some timely intellectual discussions without intimidating readers who might be fairly new to Darwin's biography and make clear that the conclusions he reached were not casual or naïve. It's a careful tightrope Byrne and Gurr walk of making their subject accessible, while not reducing his ideas to talking points. I think they have done a great job with Darwin, while injecting some unexpected humor into a very serious subject. Taken alongside Economix, this slim volume proves further the harmonious relationship that can be found between nonfiction and the graphic novel format. Bookslut
Book Title
Darwin : a Graphic Biography
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Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Nonfiction / General, Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir, Comics & Graphic Novels / General, Science & Nature / Biology, Science & Technology
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