The Origin of Species (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
By Charles Darwin and George Levine
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
- New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
- Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
On December 27, 1831, the young naturalist Charles Darwin left Plymouth Harbor aboard the HMS Beagle. For the next five years, he conducted research on plants and animals from around the globe, amassing a body of evidence that would culminate in one of the greatest discoveries in the history of mankind—the theory of evolution.
Darwin presented his stunning insights in a landmark book that forever altered the way human beings view themselves and the world they live in. In The Origin of Species, he convincingly demonstrates the fact of evolution: that existing animals and plants cannot have appeared separately but must have slowly transformed from ancestral creatures. Most important, the book fully explains the mechanism that effects such a transformation: natural selection, the idea that made evolution scientifically intelligible for the first time.
One of the few revolutionary works of science that is engrossingly readable, The Origin of Species not only launched the science of modern biology but also has influenced virtually all subsequent literary, philosophical, and religious thinking.
George Levine, Kenneth Burke Professor of English Literature at Rut
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was born on 12th February 1809. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University for two years before going up to Christ's College Cambridge. Between 1831 and 1836 he sailed on the survey ship HMS Beagle, and the subsequent Journal of the Voyages of the Beagle brought him some fame and repute as a popular author. In 1859 Darwin published On The Origin of Species, which went through six editions, each noticeably revised. These were followed in 1871 by The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex in which he first fully applied his ideas of evolution to the human species. As well as the works directly related to the subject of evolution, Darwin published on subjects such as botany, ecology, the geology of South America, the expression of emotions in animals and man, and the comparative study of barnacles. Darwin had fathered ten children with his wife Emma, though three had died in infancy or childhood, and he himself died on 19th April 1882. He was buried, after some controversy, in Westminster Abbey.
Read more from Charles Darwin
The Charles Darwin Collection: On the Origin of Species, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, and The Voyage of the Beagle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn the Origin of Species Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Enlightenment Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World: The Voyage of the Beagle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHarvard Classics: All 71 Volumes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Complete Works of Charles Darwin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn the Origin of Species: Young Readers Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharles Darwin Autobiography Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCoral Reefs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Origin of the species Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife and Letters of Charles Darwin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Origin of Species (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Related ebooks
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRepublic (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMasters of Prose - Saki Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Life of Johnson (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Personal Record Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Exemplary Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jacob's Room Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Metamorphoses (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Works Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pilgrim Soul: W.B. Yeats and the Ireland of His Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDelphi Works of James Joyce (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDavid Copperfield Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Arabian Nights (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nana (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne - Volume X: Tristram of Lyonesse Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeowulf (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As You Like It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ernest Hemingway: The Oak Park Legacy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSheila Watson: Essays on Her Works Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWuthering Heights (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNorthanger Abbey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frankenstein (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWalt Whitman's Diary: A Summer in Canada, 1880 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bostonians by Henry James (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Biology For You
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ (Revised Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Winner Effect: The Neuroscience of Success and Failure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"Cause Unknown": The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Peptide Protocols: Volume One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dopamine Detox: Biohacking Your Way To Better Focus, Greater Happiness, and Peak Performance Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Obesity Code: the bestselling guide to unlocking the secrets of weight loss Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lies My Gov't Told Me: And the Better Future Coming Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Woman: An Intimate Geography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Blood of Emmett Till Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Letter to Liberals: Censorship and COVID: An Attack on Science and American Ideals Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Crack In Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anatomy 101: From Muscles and Bones to Organs and Systems, Your Guide to How the Human Body Works Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Origin of Species (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
0 ratings0 reviews