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The Portable Darwin  
Author: Charles Darwin
ISBN: 0140151095
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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From Book News, Inc.
Selected writings are presented with an introduction, a chronology, an epilogue, and a brief bibliography. Alas, no index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.




The Portable Darwin

FROM THE PUBLISHER

On the basis of a five-year voyage along the coast of South America and a great deal of thinking and observation in his native England, Charles Darwin not only reinvented the natural sciences but irrevocably altered humanity's picture of itself. The theory of evolution alone would make him one of the most important scientists in world history. But Darwin's curiosity also attached itself to rain forests and coral reefs, orchids and earthworms, "savage" man and carnivorous plants, child psychology and the utility of the emotions.

To see the grand arc of Darwin's thought in all its boldness, one need look no further than this collection. The Portable Darwin contains five chapters from The Origin of Species, complete and unabridged; significant extracts from the works that precede and develop the theory of evolution - The Voyage of the Beagle, The Descent of Man, and The Variation of Animals and Plants; scientific papers, travel writings, letters, and a family memorial; plus a chronology, bibliography, and an introduction, note and epilogue by Duncan M. Porter and Peter W. Graham, the volume's editors.

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Selected writings are presented with an introduction, a chronology, an epilogue, and a brief bibliography. Alas, no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

     



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