Darwin's foremost biographer, historian Janet Browne, delivers an accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human. A sensation on its publication in 1859, The Origin of Species profoundly shocked Victorian readers by calling into question...

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1. Verfasser:	Browne, Janet 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Grove Press 2008
Schriftenreihe:	Books that changed the world
Schlagworte:	Darwin, Charles <1809-1882> > On the origin of species Darwin, Charles <1809-1882> Darwin, Charles > 1809-1882 > On the origin of species by means of natural selection Darwin, Charles > 1809-1882 Naturalists > England > Biography Natürliche Auslese Evolutionstheorie Artbildung Darwinismus Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	Darwin's foremost biographer, historian Janet Browne, delivers an accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human. A sensation on its publication in 1859, The Origin of Species profoundly shocked Victorian readers by calling into question the belief in a Creator with its description of evolution through natural selection. And Darwin's seminal work is nearly as controversial today. In this study, Browne delves into the long genesis of Darwin's theories, from his readings as a university student and his five-year voyage on the Beagle, to his debates with contemporaries and experiments in his garden. She explores the shock to Darwin when he read of a competing scientist's similar discoveries, and the wide and immediate impact of Darwin's theories on the world, showing why The Origin of Species can fairly claim to be the greatest science book ever published.--From publisher description.
Beschreibung:	174 S.
ISBN:	9780802143464 0802143466