The Origin of Species

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Wordsworth Editions, 1998 - Всего страниц: 393

With an Introduction by Jeff Wallace.

'A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die...'.

Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are locked into a pitiless struggle for existence, with extinction looming for those not fitted for the task.

Yet The Origin of Species (1859) is also a humane and inspirational vision of ecological interrelatedness, revealing the complex mutual interdependencies between animal and plant life, climate and physical environment, and - by implication - within the human world.

Written for the general reader, in a style which combines the rigour of science with the subtlety of literature, The Origin of Species remains one of the founding documents of the modern age.

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AUTHORS INTRODUCTION
3
Variation under Domestication
8
Variation under Nature
36
Struggle for Existence
48
Natural Selection
63
Laws of Variation
102
Difficulties on Theory
132
Instinct
159
On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
212
On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings
236
Geographical Distribution
262
Geographical Distributioncontinued
290
Morphology Embryology Rudimentary Organs
311
Recapitulation and Conclusion
346
An Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species taken from the third edition
370
Glossary taken from the sixth edition
378

Hybridism
187
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Charles Robert Darwin, born in 1809, was an English naturalist who founded the theory of Darwinism, the belief in evolution as determined by natural selection. Although Darwin studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and then studied at Cambridge University to become a minister, he had been interested in natural history all his life. His grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, was a noted English poet, physician, and botanist who was interested in evolutionary development. Darwin's works have had an incalculable effect on all aspects of the modern thought. Darwin's most famous and influential work, On the Origin of Species, provoked immediate controversy. Darwin's other books include Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. Charles Darwin died in 1882.

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НазваниеThe Origin of Species
Classics of World Literature Series
Wordsworth Collection
Wordsworth classics of world literature (Том 13)
АвторCharles Darwin
РедакторJeff Wallace
СоавторJeff Wallace
Издание:перепечатанное, исправленное
ИздательWordsworth Editions, 1998
ISBN1853267805, 9781853267802
Количество страницВсего страниц: 393
  
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