Michael Boulter Boeken

The narrative highlights Charles Darwin's transformative years at Down House, where he engaged deeply with nature and conducted experiments that shaped his groundbreaking theories. His garden served as both a source of inspiration and a laboratory, where he explored pollination, bred pigeons, and observed plant competition. The book illustrates how his solitary reflections and scientific endeavors laid the groundwork for his evolutionary ideas, emphasizing their lasting impact on our understanding of life's origins.

Bloomsbury Scientists is the story of the network of scientists and artists living in a square mile of London before and after the First World War. This inspired group of men and women viewed creativity and freedom as the driving force behind nature, and each strove to understand this in their own inventive way. Their collective energy changed the social mood of the era and brought a new synthesis of knowledge to ideas in science and art. Class barriers were threatened as power shifted from the landed oligarchy to those with talent and the will to make a difference.