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The Darwin reader / edited by Mark Ridley.
Van Pelt Library QH365.D25 D37 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. 1996
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution (Biology).
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- Second American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 1996.
- Summary:
- Selected key passages from nine of Darwin's books. Includes preface and introduction to each selection focusing on helping modern readers understand Darwin's writings based on the latest scholarship.
- Contents:
- The structure and distribution of coral reefs (1842)
- The voyage of the Beagle (1845, 1st edn 1839)
- The origin of species (1859)
- The variation of animals and plants under domestication (1868)
- The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1871)
- The expression of the emotions in man and animals (1872)
- The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species (1877)
- The power of movement in plants (1880)
- The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms (1881).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-305) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018
- ISBN:
- 0393969673
- OCLC:
- 33861880
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