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How did Charles Darwin arrive at his epochmaking theory of evolution? Tradition has it that he first got the idea while returning to England aboard the Beagle, refined his thinking in his study in Kent, and then elucidated it in the works he began publishing in 1859. But did Darwin...
Not according to Loren Eiseley. For decades prior to his death in 1977, the distinguished anthropologist and writer (The Immense Journey) tried to trace the origins of the ideas credited to Darwin. Now, in this collection of posthumously published essays, he reveals his findings. "There will always be an ineluctable...
The evolution of British gardening from Ham House, the oldest of those restorations, to Claremont, the youngest, is a story of art conquering artifice. Ham House, completed around 1675, is one of those formal, highly decorative gardens popular during the 17th century. Such landscapes were influenced by the fussy Dutch...
Things happen, of course, but only up to a point. The professor, perhaps inevitably, finds himself outgrown by the Iowa maiden, who does not share his reticence about reaching out for life. The Washington careerist, "bright but not too bright" and full of muddled optimism, glimpses the fact that the...
ALLEN'S auteuristic attitude has been apparent in a number of his films: Sleeper, Love and Death, Annie Hall and, especially Interiors. More and more he has been concerned with not only the thematic-interpretive aspect of the film narrative, but also with specific cinematic devices which convey the film...