Contents and Introduction * The Abyss of Time * The Abundance of Nature * Charles Darwin - Born a naturalist: 1809-25 * Edinburgh University: 1825-27 * University of Cambridge: 1827-31 * The Voyage of the Beagle: 1831-36 * Eastern South America: 1831 * Don Carlos, So Much of a Gaucho: 1832 * Fossil Discoveries: 1832 * Tierra del Fuego and the Shock of the Savage: 1832 * Western South America: 1833-34 * The Galapagos Islands - the True Story: 1835 * Across the Pacific and Around the World: 1835-36 * To Marry or not to Marry?: 1837-39 * Journal of Researches : 1838-43 * Zoology of the Beagle: 1838-43 * Geology of the Beagle: 1838-43 * At home with the Darwins: 1839-53 * Putting the Puzzle Together: 1853-59 * Barnacles: 1853 * On the Origin of Species : 1859 * The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution: 1859-64 * Orchids : 1862 * Variation: 1868 * The Powers of Plants: 1868 * The Descent of Man and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals : 1871-1872 * The Sage of Down and the Study of Worms: 1881-82 * Darwin's Death and Legacy: 1882-present * Index * Credits * Further Reading.