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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... analogy with the telescope which Darwin uses was also Paley's. Hehad asserted thatitwould be possible to prove theexistence of intelligent design in nature from the example of theeye alone, andDarwin once confessed that there had beena ...
... analogy with the telescope which Darwin uses was also Paley's. Hehad asserted thatitwould be possible to prove theexistence of intelligent design in nature from the example of theeye alone, andDarwin once confessed that there had beena ...
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... analogy ofdomestic productions.With respect tothe meansof modification,he attributed something tothe direct action ofthe physical conditionsof life, something to the crossing of already existing forms,and much touse and disuse, that is ...
... analogy ofdomestic productions.With respect tothe meansof modification,he attributed something tothe direct action ofthe physical conditionsof life, something to the crossing of already existing forms,and much touse and disuse, that is ...
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... analogous conclusions. From acircular latelyissued itappears thatDrFreke, in 1851 ('Dublin Medical Press,' p.322), propounded the doctrine that all organic beings have descended fromone primordial form. His grounds ofbelief and ...
... analogous conclusions. From acircular latelyissued itappears thatDrFreke, in 1851 ('Dublin Medical Press,' p.322), propounded the doctrine that all organic beings have descended fromone primordial form. His grounds ofbelief and ...
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... analogy of domestic productions, from the changes which the embryosof many species undergo, from the difficulty of ... analogous manner as varieties are under cultivation;and the latterprocess heattributes to man's power of selection ...
... analogy of domestic productions, from the changes which the embryosof many species undergo, from the difficulty of ... analogous manner as varieties are under cultivation;and the latterprocess heattributes to man's power of selection ...
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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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