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The Bible and the VictoriansThis book vividly recovers the lost world of the Victorians in which everyone        thought, spoke, and argued through scripture. Larsen presents lively individual case        studies of well known figures from different religious and sceptical traditions,        including Florence Nightingale, T. H. Huxley, C. H....

A Very Short IntroductionHow did Darwin use fossils to support his theory of evolution? What are 'living fossils'? What fossils will today's generation leave behind? Building on the scientific aspects, Keith Thomson places fossils in a very human context, highlighting their impact on philosophy, mythology, our concept of time, and popular...

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Simon Winchester turns his unrivaled talents to revealing the significance of the intriguing photograph whose subject inspired Lewis Carroll's   Alice's Adventures in Wonderland....