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Biografier giver dig adgang til ægte livsfortællinger og skæbner, der har sat deres præg på verden. Her finder du bøger om både nulevende og historiske personer - fra de magtfulde til de misforståede, fra kendte navne til hverdagens helte. Vores udvalg rummer inspirerende historier om mod, passion og vilje, hvor virkelighedens stemmer får plads. Uanset om du søger en biografi med indhold til samlingen, en rørende gave eller blot ønsker at læse om mennesker, der har ændret verden, er der masser at vælge imellem. Find din næste biografi hos WilliamDam.dk og oplev fortællinger, der berører og sætter sig fast.
An almost mythical figure in the development of science, Darwin's theory of natural selection was not initially accepted by many of his contemporaries. This study combines biography and cultural history, charting Darwin's considerable influence from his time to ours.
John Stevens Henslow is known for his formative influence on Charles Darwin, who described meeting him as the one circumstance 'which influenced my career... Læs mere
Volume 13 contains letters for 1865, when Darwin published his long paper on climbing plants and continued working on his book, The Variation of... Læs mere
Volume 14 contains letters for 1866, a year marked by the deaths of two of Darwin's sisters, when Darwin submitted the manuscript of Variation under... Læs mere
An examination of the work of Henry Fairfield Osborn, whose great scientific concern was to link human origins to racial hierarchies. A product of conflicting paradigms, the author suggests that Osborn's empirical quest was inextricably linked to his hope of salvation.
The first of two volumes of a remarkable collection of private letters, published in 1904, which give fascinating insights into the life of... Læs mere
The second of two volumes of a remarkable collection of private letters, published in 1904, which give fascinating insights into the life... Læs mere
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer and biologist, best remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural... Læs mere
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the most eminent botanists of the later nineteenth century and an important supporter and... Læs mere
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) was one of the most eminent botanists of the later nineteenth century and an important supporter and... Læs mere
John Stevens Henslow (1796–1861) was a clergyman and Cambridge botanist,... Læs mere
This second edition of the first English-language biography of Linnaeus... Læs mere