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On the origin of species / Charles Darwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darwin, Charles, author.
- Series:
- Knickerbocker Classics Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution (Biology).
- Natural selection.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (503 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Race Point Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- In this elegant, portable masterpiece of scientific inquiry, Charles Darwin presents a convincing and engrossing case for his revolutionary theory of evolution by natural selection.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION
- INTRODUCTION
- AN HISTORICAL SKETCH
- I. VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION
- II. VARIATION UNDER NATURE
- III. STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
- IV. NATURAL SELECTION
- V. LAWS OF VARIATION
- VI.DIFFICULTIES ON THEORY
- VII. INSTINCT
- VIII.HYBRIDISM
- IX. ON THE IMPERFECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD
- X. ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC BEINGS
- XI.GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
- XII.GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION-CONTINUED
- XIII.MUTUAL AFFINITIES OF ORGANIC BEINGS: MORPHOLOGY: EMBRYOLOGY: RUDIMENTARY ORGANS
- XIV.RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION
- GLOSSARY
- ENDNOTES
- THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLES DARWIN
- FURTHER READING.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 2, 2017).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7603-6139-8
- OCLC:
- 1006408433
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