Evolutionary Writings by Charles Darwin
This volume brings together key chapters from Darwin's most important books, including the Journal of Researches on the Beagle voyage (1845), the Origin of Species (1859), the Descent of Man (1871), and the full text of his delightful autobiography. They are accompanied by responses from 19th-century readers from around the world.
Perceptive introduction* The Guardian *
James A. Secord is the author of Controversy in Victorian Geology: The Cambrian-Silurian Dispute (Princeton, 1986), and Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' (Chicago, 2000), winner of the 2002 Pfizer Prize of the History of Science Society. He has edited Lyell's Principles of Geology for Penguin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199580149 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199580146 |
| Title | Evolutionary Writings |
| Author | Charles Darwin |
| Series | Oxford World's Classics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2010-05-13 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
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