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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... birds ; and he spent pleasant hours talking with the curator William Macgillivray about shells and birds . Jameson's course introduced him to the subject of geology and he became aware of contemporary debates about the history of the ...
... birds ; and he spent pleasant hours talking with the curator William Macgillivray about shells and birds . Jameson's course introduced him to the subject of geology and he became aware of contemporary debates about the history of the ...
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... birds and boobies , as well as the arid volcanic landscape and curi- ous lichen - festooned trees . These fourteen tiny specks of land were right on the equator , swept by cold southern waters that brought fur seals and penguins to ...
... birds and boobies , as well as the arid volcanic landscape and curi- ous lichen - festooned trees . These fourteen tiny specks of land were right on the equator , swept by cold southern waters that brought fur seals and penguins to ...
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... birds . These birds were classified in March 1837 by John Gould , a taxonomist from the Zoological Society , who also helped Darwin with his large illustrated book , the Zoology of the Beagle . Gould identified several species of ground ...
... birds . These birds were classified in March 1837 by John Gould , a taxonomist from the Zoological Society , who also helped Darwin with his large illustrated book , the Zoology of the Beagle . Gould identified several species of ground ...
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