THE ATHENAEUMCoral ReefsCharles Darwin
Natural History
Coral Reefs
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textDarwin’s first scientific book, its theory worked out on the Beagle before he had seen a coral atoll: the rings grow up from sinking land, he argued, the reef keeping pace with the sea. It was disputed for more than a century. Drilling on Enewetak in 1952 went down through more than four thousand feet of coral to the volcanic rock beneath, and proved him right.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 5 hr 35 min
- Where to find it
- The Naturalist’s Cabinet
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #2690. In the public domain in the United States.