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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Description
Published in 1872, thirteen years after On the Origin of Species, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is devoted to documenting what Darwin believes is the genetically determined aspects of behavior. Together with The Descent of Man (1871), it sketches out Darwin's main thesis of human origins. Here he traces the animal origins of human characteristics such as pursing of the lips in concentration, tightening of the muscles around the...
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
'The Voyage of the Beagle' is a title commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his 'Journal and Remarks', bringing him considerable fame and respect. The title refers to the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle, which set sail from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy, R.N.. While the expedition was originally planned to last two years, it lasted almost five-the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Literary Classics
Pub. Date
1967
Language
English
Description
It took Charles Darwin more than twenty years to publish this book, in part because he realized that it would ignite a firestorm of controversy. The Origin of Species first appeared in 1859, and it remains a continuing source of conflict to this day. Even among those who reject its ideas, however, the work's impact is undeniable. In science, philosophy, and theology, this is a book that changed the world.
In addition to its status as the focus of...
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Publisher
Avenel Books
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Description
The Origin of Species sold out on the first day of its publication in 1859. It is the major book of the nineteenth century and one of the most readable and accessible of the great revolutionary works of the scientific imagination. Though, in fact, little read, most people know what it says-at least they think they do.
The Origin of Species was the first mature and persuasive work to explain how species change through the process of natural selection....
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Series
Library of universal literature. Science volume 2-3
Publisher
American Home Library
Pub. Date
1902
Language
English