Table of Contents
A Note on Quotations, Spelling, and Names xi
Prologue: A Peculiar Obsession xiii
Part 1 Darwin in Tine Field 1
1 The Lieutenant and the Beetle Collector 3
2 Field Trip with a Master: The State of Geology 25
3 Setting Out: The Adventures Begin 43
4 The First Years of the Voyage 63
5 Patagonia: The Great Workshop of Nature 85
6 Maria Graham and the Debate on the Causes of Elevation 111
7 Darwin's Earthquake 129
8 The Andes Arising 147
9 Coral Reefs and the Sinking Bottom of the Sea 169
Part 2 Darwin Theorizing 187
10 Faith Comforts, Facts Persuade 189
11 The Theory Comes Together 209
12 Extending the Theory: The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy 227
Part 3 Back on Darwin's Trail 249
13 From Uplift to Evolution 251
14 From Natural Selection to Plate Tectonics 273
15 In the Beagle's Wake 297
16 The Chilean Earthquake of 2010 319
17 Now You See Them, Now You Don't 341
18 Reflections: What Does It All Mean? 361
Notes 385
Bibliography 419
Photo Insert Credits 441
Acknowledgments 445
Index 449