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Posted By Neophile 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology

For someone who came up with what has justly been described as "the single best idea anyone has ever had", Darwin has been vilified to an extraordinary degree. Clearly, his achievement of uniting all species under a common ancestor outraged millions, and still does . This book spectacularly humanises him, showing how he was driven by the great moral cause of his day: opposition to slavery.

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