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Author | : David Quammen |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2007-07-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0393076342 |
Download The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"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 | : |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2020-08-16 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781715277253 |
Download On the Origin of Species (Annotated) First Edition Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : Deborah Hopkinson |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2005-05-19 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1101639938 |
Download Who Was Charles Darwin? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideas that would change people's understanding of the natural world. About 100 illustrations and a clear, exciting text will make Darwin and his theory of evolution an exciting discovery for every young reader.
Author | : Charles Darwin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Evolution |
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Download The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Rob Wesson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 2017-04-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1681773775 |
Download Darwin's First Theory Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Everybody knows—or thinks they know—Charles Darwin, the father of evolution and the man who altered the way we view our place in the world. But what most people do not know is that Darwin was on board the HMS Beagle as a geologist—on a mission to examine the land, not flora and fauna.Tracing Darwin’s footsteps in South America and beyond, geologist Rob Wesson sets out on a trek across the Andes, repeating the nautical surveys made by the Beagle’s crew, hunting for fossils in Uruguay and Argentina, and explores traces of long vanished glaciers in Scotland and Wales. By following Darwin’s path literally and intellectually, Rob experiences the landscape that absorbed Darwin, followed his reasoning about what he saw, and immerses himself in the same questions about the earth. Upon Darwin’s return from the five-year journey, he conceived his theory of tectonics—his first theory. These concepts and attitudes—the vastness of time; the enormous cumulative impact of almost imperceptibly slow change; change as a constant feature of the environment—underlie his subsequent discoveries in evolution. And this peculiar way of thinking remains vitally important today as we enter the Anthropocene.
Author | : Charles Darwin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 710 |
Release | : 1987-11-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521348072 |
Download Charles Darwin's Natural Selection Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is unquestionably one of the chief landmarks in biology. The Origin (as it is widely known) was literally only an abstract of the manuscript Darwin had originally intended to complete and publish as the formal presentation of his views on evolution. Compared with the Origin, his original long manuscript work on Natural Selection, which is presented here and made available for the first time in printed form, has more abundant examples and illustrations of Darwin's argument, plus an extensive citation of sources.
Author | : Kostas Kampourakis |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2014-04-03 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1107034914 |
Download Understanding Evolution Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Bringing together conceptual obstacles and core concepts of evolutionary theory, this book presents evolution as straightforward and intuitive.
Author | : Daniel C. Dennett |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 2014-07-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1439126291 |
Download Darwin's Dangerous Idea Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory itself and then extends Darwin's vision with impeccable arguments to their often surprising conclusions, challenging the views of some of the most famous scientists of our day.
Author | : Charles Darwin |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 964 |
Release | : 2008-09-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1400820065 |
Download The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the current resurgence of interest in the biological basis of animal behavior and social organization, the ideas and questions pursued by Charles Darwin remain fresh and insightful. This is especially true of The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Darwin's second most important work. This edition is a facsimile reprint of the first printing of the first edition (1871), not previously available in paperback. The work is divided into two parts. Part One marshals behavioral and morphological evidence to argue that humans evolved from other animals. Darwin shoes that human mental and emotional capacities, far from making human beings unique, are evidence of an animal origin and evolutionary development. Part Two is an extended discussion of the differences between the sexes of many species and how they arose as a result of selection. Here Darwin lays the foundation for much contemporary research by arguing that many characteristics of animals have evolved not in response to the selective pressures exerted by their physical and biological environment, but rather to confer an advantage in sexual competition. These two themes are drawn together in two final chapters on the role of sexual selection in humans. In their Introduction, Professors Bonner and May discuss the place of The Descent in its own time and relation to current work in biology and other disciplines.
Author | : Randall Fuller |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2018-01-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0143130099 |
Download The Book That Changed America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A compelling portrait of a unique moment in American history when the ideas of Charles Darwin reshaped American notions about nature, religion, science and race “A lively and informative history.” – The New York Times Book Review Throughout its history America has been torn in two by debates over ideals and beliefs. Randall Fuller takes us back to one of those turning points, in 1860, with the story of the influence of Charles Darwin’s just-published On the Origin of Species on five American intellectuals, including Bronson Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, the child welfare reformer Charles Loring Brace, and the abolitionist Franklin Sanborn. Each of these figures seized on the book’s assertion of a common ancestry for all creatures as a powerful argument against slavery, one that helped provide scientific credibility to the cause of abolition. Darwin’s depiction of constant struggle and endless competition described America on the brink of civil war. But some had difficulty aligning the new theory to their religious convictions and their faith in a higher power. Thoreau, perhaps the most profoundly affected all, absorbed Darwin’s views into his mysterious final work on species migration and the interconnectedness of all living things. Creating a rich tableau of nineteenth-century American intellectual culture, as well as providing a fascinating biography of perhaps the single most important idea of that time, The Book That Changed America is also an account of issues and concerns still with us today, including racism and the enduring conflict between science and religion.