David C. King
Autore di Children's Encyclopedia of American History
Sull'Autore
David C. King is a former history teacher and an award-winning author who has written more than thirty books for children and young adults
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Opere di David C. King
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1933-07-30
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Massachusetts, USA
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Sonlight Books (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 100
- Utenti
- 2,258
- Popolarità
- #11,360
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 13
- ISBN
- 209
- Lingue
- 2
Most seriously, there are factual errors: Darwin was not the official naturalist aboard the Beagle. That role was taken by the ship's surgeon (as was often the case), who, jealous of Darwin, quit at the first opportunity and sailed home. (Fortunately FitzRoy was able to hire a new surgeon before continuing the voyage.)
Secondly, there are typographical problems that go beyond just the occasional spelling error into missed and repeated parts of sentences.
Thirdly, in a book that has separate, boxed definitions for such concepts as "geology", words like "ecosystem" go by without any explanation at all.
Not good, which is a shame, since Darwin and his science are so enormously important.… (altro)