TY - BOOK N2 - On February 12, 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Each would see his life's work inspire a stark change in mankind's understanding of itself. In this bicentennial twin portrait, Adam Gopnik shows how these two giants, who never met, altered the way we think about death and time--about the very nature of earthly existence. AB - On February 12, 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Each would see his life's work inspire a stark change in mankind's understanding of itself. In this bicentennial twin portrait, Adam Gopnik shows how these two giants, who never met, altered the way we think about death and time--about the very nature of earthly existence. T1 - Angels and ages :a short book about Darwin, Lincoln, and modern life / DA - 2009. CY - New York : AU - Gopnik, Adam. ET - 1st ed. CN - E457.2 CN - E457.2 PB - Alfred A. Knopf, PP - New York : PY - 2009. ID - 327830 KW - Presidents KW - Naturalists KW - Civilization, Modern. KW - Liberalism. SN - 9780307270788 SN - 0307270785 TI - Angels and ages :a short book about Darwin, Lincoln, and modern life / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008036224-b.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008036224-d.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008036224-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008036224-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0838/2008036224-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2008036224-s.html ER -