Darwin and love for all living things. Harel K.

We know Charles Darwin as a great scientist, but would he become so if he had not loved life and all living things around? If he had not been fascinated by the habits of his dogs, did not admire the plumage of peacocks, did not study the sexual life of mollusks?

We all have an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life, but in Darwin this craving turned out to be amazingly strong. The book of Kay Harel is not the usual biography of the scientist with the retelling of his scientific ideas, but an insightful study of how Darwin formed his love for life and for all living things, or in a scientific biophilia.

This book is about an unexpected Darwin: a philistine, a family man, a surface naturalist, whose love, joy and curiosity gave rise to outstanding discoveries.