Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Part One: Beginnings
6. One. Falmouth 3
7. Two. Antecedents 10
8. Three. Childhood 22
9. Four. Edinburgh 32
10. Five. Robert Jameson 41
11. Six. Mentors and Models 60
12. Seven. Lamarckians 71
13. Eight. Cambridge Undergraduate 84
14. Part Two: Savant
15. Nine. More Serious Things 101
16. Ten. Reading Science 116
17. Eleven. Geology Again 126
18. Twelve. HMS Beagle 131
19. Thirteen. Epiphanies 145
20. Fourteen. Storms and Floods 151
21. Part Three: Natural Selection
22. Fifteen. First Thoughts on Evolution 175
23. Sixteen. Notebook B 191
24. Seventeen. Moving Forward, Living a Lie 204
25. Eighteen. Finding His Place 219
26. Nineteen. First Drafts 227
27. Twenty. Crisis and Resolution 239
28. Notes 245
29. Index 267