On the origin of species / by Charles Darwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology).

Natural selection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : First Avenue Editions, a Division of Lerner Publishing Group, [2018]

Summary:

In 1831 British naturalist Charles Darwin joined a five-year expedition on the ship HMS Beagle . As the crew explored the southern hemisphere, Darwin took extensive notes on the organisms he encountered and how they differed from the species back home in England. He began to formulate ideas about the effect of natural selection on the evolution of species over time. The evidence he gathered, especially finch specimens collected from South America and the Gal pagos Islands, provided further proof for his theory. In 1859, more than twenty years later, Darwin published his research--and sparked a heated debate. Misunderstood by theologians and misappropriated by eugenicists, it would be years before Darwin's controversial theory gained widespread acceptance in the scientific community. This is an unabridged version of Charles Darwin's fundamental text on evolutionary biology.

Contents:

Cover

TItle Page

Copyright Information

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Variation under Domestication

2 Variation under Nature

3 Struggle for Existence

4 Natural Selection

5 Laws of Variation

6 Difficulties on Theory

7 Instinct

8 Hybridism

9 On the Imperfection of the Geological Record

10 On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings

11 Geographical Distribution

12 Geographical Distribution-(continued)

13 Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology:

14 Recapitulation and Conclusion

Back Cover.

Notes:

"From the first edition, London : John Murray, Albermarle Street., [1859]."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781541518506

1541518500

OCLC:

1044851417