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The origin of species by means of natural selection :

(Number (ISBN

0140432051

(Number (ISBN

9780140432053

Title Proper

The origin of species by means of natural selection :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life /

First Statement of Responsibility

Charles Darwin ; edited with an introduction by J.W. Burrow.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Harmondsworth :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Penguin,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1968.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

477 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, facsimile ;

Dimensions

18 cm

Series Title

Penguin classics.

Text of Note

Includes glossary.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (page 462).

Text of Note

1. Variation Under Domestication -- 2. Variation under Nature -- 3. Struggle for Existence -- 4. Natural Selection -- 5. Laws of Variation -- 6. Difficulties on Theory -- 7. Instinct -- 8. Hybridism -- 9. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record -- 10. On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings -- 11. Geographical Distribution -- 12. Geographical Distribution (continued) -- 13. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs -- 14. Recapitulation and Conclusion.

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The publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species in 1859 marked a dramatic turning point in scientific thought. The volume had taken Darwin more than twenty years to publish, in part because he envisioned the storm of controversy it was certain to unleash. Indeed, selling out its first edition on its first day, The Origin of Species revolutionized science, philosophy, and theology. Darwin's reasoned, documented arguments carefully advance his theory of natural selection and assertion that species were not created all at once by a divine hand but started with a few simple forms that mutated and adapted over time. Whether commenting on his own ill health, discussing his experiments to test instinct in bees, or relating a conversation about a South American burrowing rodent, Darwin's monumental achievement is surprisingly personal and delightfully readable. Its ideas remain extremely profound even today, making it the most influential book in the natural sciences ever written -- a work not just important to its time, but to the history of humankind.

General Material Designation

On the origin of species

Parallel Title

Preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life

Evolution (Biology)

Heredity.

Human evolution.

Natural selection.

Species-- Origin.

Biological Evolution.

Selection, Genetic.

Evolution (Biology)

Heredity.

Human evolution.

Natural selection.

Number

Class number

Book number

Darwin, Charles,1809-1882.

Burrow, J. W., (John Wyon),1935-2009

Date of Transaction

20200822090204.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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