The origin of species : a variorum text / Charles Darwin ; edited by Morse Peckham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

Contributor:

Peckham, Morse.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology).

Natural selection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (817 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia [Pa.] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1959.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The theories propounded by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species have had a profound and revolutionary effect, not only on biology but also on philosophy, history, and theology. His concept of natural selection has created eruptive disputes among scientists and religious leaders of his time and ours. The phenomenal importance of his brilliant work is universally recognized, but the present volume marks the first scholarly attempt to compile a complete variorum edition of The Origin of Species, covering all of the extensive variants in the six texts published between 1859 and 1872.Darwin's changes were extensive. His book grew by a third as he rewrote many passages four or five times, and in this edition Morse Peckham has recorded every one of those changes. A book of such distinctive dimensions, on a subject of such profound importance, will be of intense interest to historians of biology, evolution, science, literature, and cultural development. It will be an invaluable aid to the clarification and full comprehension of this complex and renowned scientific classic.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Abbreviations

ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. Half-title

Epigraphs

Title-Page

Contents

Instruction to Binder

Additions and Corrections

Historical Sketch

Introduction

Chapter I. Variation under Domestication

Chapter II. Variation under Nature

Chapter III. Struggle for Existence

Chapter IV. Natural Selection

Chapter V. Laws of Variation

Chapter VI. Difficulties on Theory

Chapter VII. Instinct

Chapter VIII. Hybridism

Chapter IX. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record

Chapter X. On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings

Chapter XI. Geographical Distribution

Chapter XII. Geographical Distribution-continued

Chapter XIII. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs

Chapter XIV. Recapitulation and Conclusion

GLOSSARY

APPENDICES

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CHAPTER SUB-TITLES

INDEX

Notes:

With a reproduction of the t.p. of the original ed. published in 1859 under title: On the origin of species by means of natural selection.

First paperback edition 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-21098-3

9786613210982

0-8122-0051-9

OCLC:

759158194