Deborah Heiligman has conceived a delightfully refreshing approach. From letters and diaries, she has constructed a highly readable story of the marriage of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma, paced by the birth of their 10 children, running in parallel with the timeline of events in Charles' day job as a leading scientist of the mid 19th century/5(86). · The book is "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman. To boot, I now have a raving admiration and crush on Charles Darwin, he who spent his life studying barnacles and finches and chimps in the London zoo (en route to revolutionizing everything we know about the world).Cited by: 1. Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith is a historical biography for young adults by Deborah Heiligman. First published in , the book explores Charles Darwin’s personal life, and how his relationship with his religious wife affected his work. The book won the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, and it received various other prestigious nominations.
The Darwins' Leap of Faith. Deborah Heiligman. Henry Holt and Company (BYR), Jan 6, - Young Adult Nonfiction - pages. 85 Reviews. Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, his revolutionary tract on evolution and the fundamental ideas involved, in Nearly years later, the theory of evolution continues to create tension. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith is a historical biography for young adults by Deborah Heiligman. First published in , the book explores Charles Darwin's personal life, and how his relationship with his religious wife affected his work. The book won the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, and it received various. Charles and Emma: the Darwins' leap of faith by Heiligman, Deborah. Publication date Topics Darwin, Charles, -- Juvenile literature, Darwin, Emma Wedgwood, -- Juvenile literature, Darwin, Charles, , Darwin, Emma Wedgwood, , Naturalists.
Deborah Heiligman has written many books for children, including National Book Award Finalist Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith; Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers; and The Boy Who Loved Math. She lives with her family in New York City. THE DARWINS’ LEAP OF FAITH. by Deborah Heiligman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 1, This rich, insightful portrait of Charles and Emma Darwin’s marriage explores a dimension of the naturalist’s life that has heretofore been largely ignored. Emma was devoutly religious while Charles’s agnosticism increased as he delved deeper into his studies of natural history, but they did not let this difference come between them. Deborah Heiligman has conceived a delightfully refreshing approach. From letters and diaries, she has constructed a highly readable story of the marriage of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma, paced by the birth of their 10 children, running in parallel with the timeline of events in Charles' day job as a leading scientist of the mid 19th century.
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