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Fitzroy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast

Fitzroy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast

by Mary Gribbin (Author), Mary Gribbin (Author), John Gribbin (Author)

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Synopsis

Admiral FitzRoy made his name as a captain on the HMS Beagle. It was for his second voyage on the ship (1832-36) that he decided to ask Charles Darwin to accompany him, and it was during this time that Darwin began to develop the ideas that would lead him to his theory of evolution by natural selection. But there was so much more to FitzRoy than this: he was an MP, he was the second governor of New Zealand form 1843-45 when he made himself unpopular with the settlers by upholding Maori rights, and in 1854 he set up the Meteorological Office so for the first time sailors could know what weather to expect when they set sail.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 336
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 07 Jul 2003
ISBN 10: 0755311817
ISBN 13: 9780755311811
Book Overview: John and Mary Gribbin are the authors of many other titles, including In Search of Schrodinger's Cat , Darwin: A Life in Science , Watching the Weather , The Birth of Time and Science: A History .

Author Bio
John Gribbin gained a PhD in astrophysics at Cambridge University. He worked for both Nature and New Scientist magazines for many years and is the author of numerous books on science and related topics, which have been translated into more than 30 languages. Mary Gribbin was educated at the University of Sussex, and has written for New Scientist and the Guardian. She is the author of many books, some co-authored with her husband.