(P/B) EVOLUTIONARY WRITINGS

Παρουσίαση

On topics ranging from intelligent design and climate change to the politics of gender and race, the evolutionary writings of Charles Darwin occupy a pivotal position in contemporary public debate. This volume brings together the key chapters of his most important and accessible books, including the Journal of Researches on the Beagle voyage (1845), the Origin of Species (1871), and the Descent of Man, along with the full text of his delightful autobiography. They are accompanied by generous selections of responses from Darwin's nineteenth-century readers from across the world. More than anything, they give a keen sense of the controversial nature of Darwin's ideas, and his position within Victorian debates about man's place in nature.
The wide-ranging introduction by James A. Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, explores the global impact and origins of Darwin's work and the reasons for its unparalleled significance today. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Journal of Researches
Map of the Beagle voyage
Journal of Researches
Reviews and Responses
Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species
Reviews and Responses
Descent of Man
The Descent of Man
Reviews and Responses
Autobiographies
Life (1838)
Recollections of the Development of My Mind and Character (1876-81)
The Making of a Celebrity