Charles Darwin

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Darwinism Stated By Darwin Himself

Characteristic Passages From The Writings Of Charles Darwin (1884)

Herausgeber: Sheppard, Nathan

Beschreibung

Darwinism Stated By Darwin Himself: Characteristic Passages From The Writings Of Charles Darwin (1884) is a book written by the renowned naturalist and biologist, Charles Darwin. In this book, Darwin presents a collection of his own writings that provide a comprehensive explanation of his theory of evolution and natural selection, which became known as Darwinism. The passages included in the book cover a wide range of topics, from the origin of species and the struggle for existence, to the role of variation and adaptation in the process of evolution. Through these writings, Darwin offers readers a firsthand account of his groundbreaking ideas and the evidence that supported them. This book is an important historical document that provides insight into the mind of one of the most influential scientists of all time, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of science or the theory of evolution.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Charles Darwin was a naturalist earned fame for the 'Theory of Evolution'. He was born on 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury England. His father Robert Waring Darwin was a medical doctor and mother Susannah Wedgwood belonged to a famous pottery family. In his childhood he went Shrewsbury School, academically he was not good. For advanced learning, his father sends him to Edinburgh University in Scotland to become a doctor but he was not interested and he joined Christ's College Cambridge. His interests developed in botany thus, he studied John Stevens Henslow's course in botany, though he completed his graduation in 1831. As a naturalist Darwin got an opportunity to go to second sea voyage of H.M.S. Beagle to survey the coast of South America. On his voyage he studied plants and animal's life. His interests in life science evolved and after working more than 20 years, in 1859 his world fame work 'On the Origin of Species' was published. He explained theory of evolution by natural selection. He said that life on earth evolved from a common ancestor. On earth there is struggle for survival between members who have favourable traits they survive and reproduce, it is known as survival of fittest. Well adapted species survived and less became extinct. Earlier Darwin faced criticism but later he earned honour for the theory. Darwin died on 19 April 1882.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9781436818612
• ISBN-10: 1436818613
• Artikelnr.: 24912454