Darwin's Origin of Species: A BiographyAtlantic Monthly Press, 2007 - Всего страниц: 174 Charles Darwin's foremost biographer, Janet Browne, delivers a vivid and accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human. A sensation on its publication in 1859, The Origin of the Species profoundly shocked Victorian readers by calling into question the belief in a Creator with its description of evolution through natural selection. And Darwin's seminal work is nearly as controversial today. In her illuminating study, Browne delves into the long genesis of Darwin's theories, from his readings as a university student and his five-year voyage on the Beagle, to his debates with contemporaries and experiments in his garden. She explores the shock to Darwin when he read of competing scientist's similar discoveries and the wide and immediate impact of Darwin's theories on the world. As one of the launch titles in Atlantic Monthly Press' "Books That Changed the World" series, Browne's history takes readers inside The Origin of the Species and shows why it can fairly claim to be the greatest science book ever published. |
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... Wallace was at the Linnean Society meeting itself . Darwin's tenth child , still just a baby , was dangerously ill with scarlet fever and died on 28 June 1858 , only two days before the announcement . As a loving father Darwin felt too ...
... Wallace was at the Linnean Society meeting itself . Darwin's tenth child , still just a baby , was dangerously ill with scarlet fever and died on 28 June 1858 , only two days before the announcement . As a loving father Darwin felt too ...
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... Wallace's earlier article in April 1856 , Darwin wrote to Wallace to praise it and , in passing , mentioned his current work on definitions of species and varieties , a topic of great practical interest to naturalists at the time . It ...
... Wallace's earlier article in April 1856 , Darwin wrote to Wallace to praise it and , in passing , mentioned his current work on definitions of species and varieties , a topic of great practical interest to naturalists at the time . It ...
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... Wallace's return to England in 1862 the two had become good friends , each respecting the other's achievement . Nevertheless , Wallace bowed to what must have seemed the inevitable . Much of the shock of evolution had died down by the ...
... Wallace's return to England in 1862 the two had become good friends , each respecting the other's achievement . Nevertheless , Wallace bowed to what must have seemed the inevitable . Much of the shock of evolution had died down by the ...
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