Darwins Historical Sketch

Author : Curtis N. Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019088293X
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Historical Sketch written by Curtis N. Johnson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Darwin's "Historical Sketch" has appeared as a preface to nearly every authorized edition of Darwin's Origin of Species since the second English edition was published in 1860. The "Historical Sketch" provides a brief history of opinion about the species question as a prelude to Darwin's own independent contribution to the subject, but its provenance is somewhat obscure. While some previous thinkers anticipated portions of Darwin's theory long before he did, none of them saw the complete picture as clearly as Darwin. As such, he was able to claim originality and priority for the idea that has transformed our understanding of nature. His "Historical Sketch" was written as an attempt to address these issues. Some things are known about its production, such as when it first appeared and what changes were made to it between its first appearance in 1860 and its final form in 1866. Other questions remain unanswered. How did it evolve in Darwin's mind? Why did he write it at all? What did he think he was accomplishing by prefacing it to Origin of Species? Curtis Johnson approaches these questions, offering some clarity on the originality of Darwin's work. Darwin's "Historical Sketch" is the first comprehensive study of Darwin's "Preface" to Origin of Species. Johnson conveys the pressure Darwin felt from friends and other correspondents to showcase the originality of his theory, and he tackles questions of originality by carefully examining the 35 authors Darwin referenced in this monumental text.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781715277253
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Origin of Species (Annotated) First Edition written by Charles Darwin and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-16 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published on November 24, 1859 in London by John Murray. It is a seminal work in scientific literature and a landmark work in evolutionary biology. It introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. The starting chapters introduce the theory of natural selection, explaining why certain species thrive, while others decrease in number, how the members of nature are in competition with each other and why organisms tend to vary and change with time. Much of this work is based on experiments and observations seen within domestic animals and plants. The later chapters defend the theory of natural selection against apparent inconsistencies, why geological records are incomplete, why we find species so widespread and how sterility can be inherited when the organisation is unable to reproduce and more. The book is approachable for any audience.

Author : Patrick Matthew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Naval Timber and Arboriculture written by Patrick Matthew and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0375751467
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Species written by Charles Darwin and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 1998-08-11 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction by Edward J. Larson Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific inquiry, The Origin of Species sold out its first printing on the very day it was published in 1859. Theologians quickly labeled Charles Darwin the most dangerous man in England and, as the Saturday Review noted, the uproar over the book quickly “passed beyond the bounds of the study and lecture-room into the drawing-room and the public street.” Based largely on Darwin’s experience as a naturalist while on a five-year voyage aboard H. M. S. Beagle, The Origin of Species set forth a theory of evolution and natural selection that challenged contemporary beliefs about divine providence and the immutability of species. This Modern Library edition includes a Foreword by the Pulitzer Prize–winning science historian Edward J. Larson, an introductory historical sketch, and a glossary Darwin later added to the original text.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : AccessAble Books
ISBN 13 : 9781570039775
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Foundations of the Origin of Species written by Charles Darwin and published by AccessAble Books. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of Darwin's early essay arguing that species change over time, drafted in 1842, seventeen years before he published 'On the Origin of Species'.

Author : David Quammen
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393076342
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries) written by David Quammen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-07-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quammen brilliantly and powerfully re-creates the 19th century naturalist's intellectual and spiritual journey."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Twenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin's epiphany that "natural selection" formed the basis of evolution and the scientist's publication of On the Origin of Species. Why did Darwin delay, and what happened during the course of those two decades? The human drama and scientific basis of these years constitute a fascinating, tangled tale that elucidates the character of a cautious naturalist who initiated an intellectual revolution.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781377038056
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life written by Charles Darwin and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Julia Voss
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300141742
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Pictures written by Julia Voss and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first-ever examination of Charles Darwin's sketches, drawings, and illustrations, Julia Voss presents the history of evolutionary theory told in pictures. Darwin had a life-long interest in pictorial representations of nature, sketching out his evolutionary theory and related ideas for over forty years. Voss details the pictorial history of Darwin's theory of evolution, starting with his notebook sketches of 1837 and ending with the illustrations in The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872). These images were profoundly significant for Darwin's long-term argument for evolutionary theory; each characterizes a different aspect of his relationship with the visual information and constitutes what can be called an “icon' of evolution. Voss shows how Darwin “thought with his eyes' and how his pictorial representations and the development and popularization of the theory of evolution were vitally interconnected. Voss explores four of Darwin's images in depth, and weaves about them a story on the development and presentation of Darwin's theory, in which she also addresses the history of Victorian illustration, the role of images in science, the technologies of production, and the relationship between specimen, words, and images.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781853267802
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Species written by Charles Darwin and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1998 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darwin's theory of natural selection is also a humane and inspirational vision of ecological inter-relatedness revealing the almost unthinkably complex and mutual inter-dependencies between animal and plant life, climate and physical environment and - by implication - the human world.

Author : Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Flora of North America written by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: