Angels and ages : a short book about Darwin, Lincoln, and modern life / Adam Gopnik.

  • Gopnik, Adam.
Date:
2009
  • Books

About this work

Description

On February 12, 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Each would see his life's work inspire a stark change in mankind's understanding of itself. In this bicentennial twin portrait, Adam Gopnik shows how these two giants, who never met, altered the way we think about death and time--about the very nature of earthly existence.

Publication/Creation

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

Physical description

211 pages ; 24 cm

Contributors

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-211).

Contents

Angels & ages -- Lincoln's mind -- Darwin's eye -- Lincoln in history -- Darwin in time -- Ages & angels.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AOS.AA8
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780307270788
  • 0307270785