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How to have a thought a walk with Charles Darwin

"How do you work through a complicated idea, solve a tricky problem, or make a big discovery? Charles Darwin had a lot of ways to do it. He paced in circles and hit rocks with a stick. He studied the bones of his dinner. He even rode around the world on a boat called The Beagle. These methods may so...

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Main Author: Day, Nicholas, 1991- (Author)
Other Authors: Hooper, Hadley (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Neal Porter Books/Holiday House, [2026]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Naturalists > England > Biography.
Evolution (Biology) > Juvenile nonfiction.
Natural selection > Juvenile nonfiction.
Thought and thinking > Juvenile nonfiction.
Problem solving > Juvenile nonfiction.
Walking > Juvenile nonfiction.
Informational works.
Illustrated works.
Biographies.
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Summary:"How do you work through a complicated idea, solve a tricky problem, or make a big discovery? Charles Darwin had a lot of ways to do it. He paced in circles and hit rocks with a stick. He studied the bones of his dinner. He even rode around the world on a boat called The Beagle. These methods may sound unorthodox, but they led him to some pretty great thoughts--and discoveries about the origins of life as we know it"--
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Audience:Ages 04 to 08.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographic references.
ISBN:9780823458509
0823458504
Author Notes:Nicholas Day has been a wine salesman, a wedding cake baker, a fairground maintenance man, and a stay-at-home father. He is the author of the Sibert Medal-winning title The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity , illustrated by Brett Helquist, and Nothing: John Cage and 4'33" , illustrated by Chris Raschka. His writing has also appeared in Slate , Salon , The Washington Post , The Chicago Tribune , and The Atlantic , among other publications. He lives with his family in Buffalo, NY.

Hadley Hooper is a painter and illustrator whose artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums in major cities such as San Francisco, Toronto, New York, Denver, and Santa Fe. As a picture book illustrator, she has worked with bestselling authors such as Patricia Maclachlan, Liz Garton Scanlon, and Jan Greenberg. She lives in Denver with her partner and their dog.

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