The Portable Darwin
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The Portable Darwin by Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin's notes from his voyage on the "Beagle" brought about the reinvention of the natural sciences and irrevocably altered the way humanity saw itself. This anthology encapsulates the grand arc of Darwin's thoughts on the origin of species, natural history, "savage" man and child psychology. This book contains five chapters on "The Origin of Species", along with major extracts from Darwin's preceding works, scientific papers, travel writings, letters and a family memorial.
Charles Darwin, a Victorian scientist and naturalist, has become one of the most famous figures of science to date. Born in 1809 to an upper-middle-class medical family, he was destined for a career in either medicine or the Anglican Church. However, he never completed his medical education and his future changed entirely in 1831 when he joined HMS Beagle as a self-financing, independent naturalist. On returning to England in 1836 he began to write up his theories and observations which culminated in a series of books, most famously On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859, where he challenged and contradicted contemporary biological and religious beliefs with two decades worth of scientific investigation and theory. Darwin's theory of natural selection is now the most widely accepted scientific model of how species evolve. He died in 1882 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140151091 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140151095 |
| Title | The Portable Darwin |
| Author | Charles Darwin |
| Series | Portable Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1994-02-24 |
| Number of pages | 592 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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