Charles Darwin

The Origin of Species

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The sixth edition of The Origin of Species, and the last to be revised by Darwin himself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 6. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 492
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 688g
• ISBN-13: 9781108005487
• ISBN-10: 1108005489
• Artikelnr.: 26852227

Inhaltsangabe

Additions and corrections to the sixth edition
Historical sketch
Introduction
1. Variation under domestication
2. Variation under nature
3. Struggle for existence
4. Natural selection, or the survival of the fittest
5. Laws of variation
6. Difficulties of the theory
7. Miscellaneous objections to the theory of natural selection
8. Instinct
9. Hybridism
10. On the imperfection of the geological record
11. On the geological succession of organic beings
12. Geographical distribution
13. Geographical distribution continued
14. Mutual affinities of organic beings, morphology, embryology, rudimentary organs
15. Recapitulation and conclusion
Glossary of scientific terms
Index.