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Biography & Science: 'Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker' by AN Wilson – Written with Dickensian gusto

Biography & Science: 'Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker' by AN Wilson – Written with Dickensian gusto | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
From www.theguardian.com - September 18, 2017 4:20 AM
AN Wilson writes with ‘Dickensian energy’ but seems determined to cast his subject in a bad light
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Correspondence: 'Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters' edited by Samantha Evans - Throughout his life Darwin was aided by the work of women, including scientific research

Correspondence: 'Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters' edited by Samantha Evans - Throughout his life Darwin was aided by the work of women, including scientific research | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
From www.drb.ie - July 22, 2017 1:13 PM
‘The average standard of mental power in man must be above that of women,’ Charles Darwin asserted. The opinion was perhaps surprising given the number of talented and active women he knew personally, as well as the wide-ranging social disadvantages they faced as a sex.
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