The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifePenguin UK, 1982 M07 29 - 480 páginas With his revolutionary work The Origin of Species Charles Darwin overthrew contemporary beliefs about Divine Providence and the beginnings of life on earth. Written for the general public of the 1850s, it is a rigorously documented but highly readable account of the scientific theory that now lies at the root of our present attitude to the universe. Challenging notions such as the fixity of species with the idea of natural selection, and setting forth the results of pioneering work on the ecology of animals and plants, it made a lasting contribution to philosophical and scientific thought. |
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... Darwin's curiosityis anythingbut inconsequential. As onejournal said in 1871 'When MrDarwin pointedout to usthe persistent tipsinour ears, he did moretodiscomfort the friends ofpersistent species thanhe did by thousands of other facts ...
... Darwin's curiosityis anythingbut inconsequential. As onejournal said in 1871 'When MrDarwin pointedout to usthe persistent tipsinour ears, he did moretodiscomfort the friends ofpersistent species thanhe did by thousands of other facts ...
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... Darwin as an ecologist, though only one among many, consider the passageon pp. 123–4 on therelation oftrees, cattle and birds. Butthese passages are not, of course, gratuitous displaysof virtuosity butpart of the economy of Darwin's ...
... Darwin as an ecologist, though only one among many, consider the passageon pp. 123–4 on therelation oftrees, cattle and birds. Butthese passages are not, of course, gratuitous displaysof virtuosity butpart of the economy of Darwin's ...
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... Darwin's short paper – part ofwhichis reproduced in TheOrigin on pp. 116 ff. – onefindsthe President'sremark, if still obtuse, at least understandable. In confirmation one can take the case of Darwin's friend, thebotanist Joseph Hooker ...
... Darwin's short paper – part ofwhichis reproduced in TheOrigin on pp. 116 ff. – onefindsthe President'sremark, if still obtuse, at least understandable. In confirmation one can take the case of Darwin's friend, thebotanist Joseph Hooker ...
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... Darwinian thought.To appreciate itseffect and the revolutionary characterof Darwin's theory one has toput oneself back into the intellectual atmosphere of the mid-nineteenth century. Since the beginningof theChristian era there have ...
... Darwinian thought.To appreciate itseffect and the revolutionary characterof Darwin's theory one has toput oneself back into the intellectual atmosphere of the mid-nineteenth century. Since the beginningof theChristian era there have ...
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... Darwin's ownCollege, Christ's, Cambridge, and the series of eight works sponsored under the will of the Earl of Bridgewater, whodied in 1829, which were known collectively as the Bridge-water Treatises. The willhad stipulated that the ...
... Darwin's ownCollege, Christ's, Cambridge, and the series of eight works sponsored under the will of the Earl of Bridgewater, whodied in 1829, which were known collectively as the Bridge-water Treatises. The willhad stipulated that the ...
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INTRODUCTION | |
CHAPTER | |
ranging muchdiffused andcommon speciesvary most Species | |
CHAPTER FOUR | |
DIFFICULTIES ON THEORY | |
INSTINCT | |
making instinct Difficulties on the theory of the Natural | |
appearance in the lowest known fossiliferous strata | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
Present distribution cannot be accounted for by differencesin physical conditions Importance of barriers Affinityof the productions ofthe same contin... | |
Distribution of freshwater productions On the inhabitants | |
Difficulties onthe theoryof | |
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