Charles Darwin's Natural Selection: Being the Second Part of his Big Species Book Written from 1856 to 1858 - Softcover

Darwin, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521348072 ISBN 13: 9780521348072

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species is unquestionably one of the chief landmarks in biology. The Origin (as it is widely known) was literally only an abstract of the manuscript Darwin had originally intended to complete and publish as the formal presentation of his views on evolution. Compared with the Origin, his original long manuscript work on Natural Selection, which is presented here and made available for the first time in printed form, has more abundant examples and illustrations of Darwin's argument, plus an extensive citation of sources.

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Review:

'Natural Selection is a joy to read. It is full of insights and subtle observations that never found their way into the Origin.' Science

' ... enables all interested in evolutionary theories to appreciate the background information on which Darwin based the statements he made and the conclusions he reached in the Origin.' New Scientist

Book Description:

Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species was just an abstract of the manuscript that he had originally intended to publish as the formal presentation of his views on evolution. Natural Selection ñ here available for the first time in printed form ñ was his original long manuscript work and contains more examples and illustrations of his argument.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0521348072
• ISBN 13: 9780521348072
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 708
• Editor: Stauffer R. C.