Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography - Brossura

Browne, Janet

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ISBN 10: 0802143466 ISBN 13: 9780802143464

Casa editrice: Grove Pr, 2008

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An accessible introduction to the classic series describes the genesis of Darwin's theories, from his early university studies and five-year voyage on the Beagle to his debates with contemporaries and his garden experiments, in a scientific and social history that also illuminates historical and modern controversies surrounding the work's publication. Reprint.

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Charles Darwin s foremost biographer, Janet Browne, delivers a vivid and accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human. A sensation on its publication in 1859, "The Origin of the Species "profoundly shocked Victorian readers by calling into question the belief in a Creator with its description of evolution through natural selection. And Darwin s seminal work is nearly as controversial today. In her illuminating study, Browne delves into the long genesis of Darwin s theories, from his readings as a university student and his five-year voyage on the "Beagle," to his debates with contemporaries and experiments in his garden. She explores the shock to Darwin when he read of competing scientist s similar discoveries and the wide and immediate impact of Darwin s theories on the world. As one of the launch titles in Atlantic Monthly Press Books That Changed the World series, Browne s history takes readers inside "The Origin of the Species" and shows why it can fairly claim to be the greatest science book ever published."

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• Editore: Grove Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0802143466
• ISBN 13: 9780802143464
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 174