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Darwin (Norton Critical Editions) (3rd Edition)

3 reviews
Charles Darwin

W. W. Norton, 2000

A Must Read
I agree with Gould that this is the best Darwin anthology on the market. It contains a significant amount of new material and details the profound change in scientific and intellectual thought in the past few decades. Darwin is constantly misquoted by creationists, but this book sets the record straight. For example, the chapter on "mainstream Religious Support for Evolution" includes leading ...

The Origin of Species (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)

2 reviews
Charles Darwin

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003

Probably the most important and greatest work of science ever written
To begin with, a note on the edition. This Barnes & Noble Classics series version is based on the first edition of The Origin of Species, which is actually nice for a couple of reasons. First, it allows the reader to experience the book as it originally appeared. This is not only interesting historically, but a nearly unmitigated virtue because of the second reason: The core content of the ...

Romantic Natural Histories (New Riverside Editions)

2 reviews
William Wordsworth, Charles Darwin, ...

Heinle, 2003

A Note from the Editor
This anthology will be especially useful for courses in Romanticism, ecocriticism, or literature and the environment. The volume reveals how much poets from Blake to Tennyson knew about the natural science of their times and how much scientists like Humphry Davy and Charles Darwin knew, and cared about, imaginative literature. The collection reminds us of a time when poetry and science were more ...

On Natural Selection

3 reviews
Charles Darwin

Penguin, 2004

Evolutionary classic
Written in 1859 by Charles Darwin to state his belief in natural selection, this book does not disappoint. Darwin clearly states his theory in this book of how nature naturally selects the strongest of a species to continue on the race. He explains the instruments of selection, sexual selecting through choice of mate, environmental and climate selection through ability to survive. He explains ...

The Origin of Species and the Voyage of the Beagle

5 reviews
Charles Darwin

Everyman's Library, 2003

Lots of Darwin
Origin of Species This is a quick review of the book not a dissertation on Darwin or any other subject loosely related. At first I did not know what to expect. I already read " The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches". I figured the book would be similar. However I found "Origin" to be more complex and detailed. Taking in account that recent pieces of knowledge ...

The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits

3 reviews
Charles Darwin

J. Murray, 1883

It's good, but get it from a library!
This is a really cool bit by Darwin, who spent some serious time observing earthworms. He made his friends help him sometimes too, it seems. Ninety-five bucks is a lot of money though. Check a univerity library or something and Xerox it.

Charles Darwin's Notebooks, 1836-1844: Geology, Transmutation of Species, Metaphysical Enquiries

1 review
Charles Darwin

Cornell Univ Pr, 1987

Best way into Darwin's mind
A very useful compilation of most of Darwin's notebooks. Essential for any serious Darwin student. Expensive but good value. Entertaining in parts! Best read in small instalments.

Charles Darwin's Letters: A Selection, 1825-1859

1 review
Charles Darwin

Cambridge University Press, 1996

A Helpful Sampling of Darwin Correspondence
In May of 2007, the Darwin Correspondence Project, based at Cambridge University, announced that it had placed an additional 5,000 largely unpublished Darwin letters onto its excellent web site (darwin-online.org.uk). This website is a treasurehouse of the first order for anyone interested in Darwin and Victornian intellectual history. Of course, Cambridge University Press has published a ...

Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary

1 review
Charles Darwin

Cambridge University Press, 2001

wonderful read. the man in his own words
I have been reading a bit slowly to make it last longer. Darwin was unique and his writing is personal in this journal. Highly recommended for anyone who likes biology, nature and thinking about them.

Journal, (Bulletin of the British Museum)

1 review
Charles Darwin

[British Museum (Natural History)], 1959

Beautiful and well worth the price!
I've bought several copies of this beautiful women's scripture journal for gifts for friends and family. I'm very impressed with the cover and quality of this book, especially for such a low price! I highly recommend this book!

Darwin Compendium: Voyage of the Beagle, Origin of the Species, Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to ...

1 review
Charles Darwin

Barnes & Noble, 2005

Darwin to the Max!
I'm sure that most people know who Charles Darwin was. For those who don't know who was, or don't know to much about him, I'll sum up who he was in six words: the father of modern evolutionary thought. Not much more really needs to be said, but for the sake of those who don't know, I'll elaborate (with the help of wikipedia) just a bit. "He was a prolific author, and even without publication ...

The Origin of Species: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of ...

1 review, ...

MobileReference, 2008

Evolution
The Origin of Species: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life This is an excellent ebook. Darwin was a great scientist!

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle ...

1 review
Charles Darwin

IndyPublish, 2008

What?
A wonderful book, of course... and I'm sure there's some reason this edition is almost $100.00, but none is given. I bought a fine leather bound edition for around $50.00 a few years back and can pick up other paper editions for $5.00! C'mon Amazon, give us a clue.

The Origin of Species (Variorum Reprint)

1 review
Charles Darwin

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006

Need to know for cultural literacy
Because these reviews are cross-posted this is a review of ISBN: 0517123207, with a cover that was defiantly made to be provocative. It depicts an (ape) allying view of going from all fours to upright. If this is what you are looking for then you need to read " 2001: A Space Odyssey" by Arthur Charles Clarke. This is a quick review of the book not a dissertation on Darwin or any other subject ...

A Christmas Carol

158 reviews
Charles Dickens

Southern Illinois University, 1981

Nice Story
Cute book to add to my table of Christmas Stories. Will make a cute addition this Christmas.

Insectivorous Plants

1 review
Charles Darwin

IndyPublish.com, 2006

Some things you've gotta know...
1. As I write, the complete works of Charles Darwin are available online for free. For instance, you can view this book's content, including all of its images, and the original page numbers, at John van Wyhe's britishlibrary website. This online version includes an excellent indexing and search facility that contains more information than the book's actual index. 2. This book describes ...

Selected Speeches

1 review
Lysias

University of Oklahoma Press, 1970

a fine introduction to Lysias
This volume contains eight of Lysias's most famous orations, in their original ancient Greek, without translation into English. It begins with Lysias's denunciation of Eratosthenes, one of the thirty tyrants who briefly ruled Athens in 404-403 BC, and concludes with Lysias's speech on the Athenian Constitution, in which he opposed restricting the vote to owners of real estate. Charles Darwin ...

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

1 review
Charles and H. W. Menard Darwin

University of California Press, 1962

Darwin's first great achievement
On the voyage of the Beagle--before he had ever seen a coral reef--Darwin had deduced an explanation of the geological processes that created them by applying Charles Lyell's explanation of uplift and subsidence. Accordingly, he posited that the Chilean coast had been rising while the ocean floor was subsiding. When he finally explored some barrier reefs, he knew that since the polyps could not ...

Insectivorous Plants

1 review
Charles Darwin

IndyPublish.com, 2005

Some things you've gotta know...
1. As I write, the complete works of Charles Darwin are available online for free. For instance, you can view this book's content, including all of its images, and the original page numbers, at John van Wyhe's britishlibrary website. This online version includes an excellent indexing and search facility that contains more information than the book's actual index. 2. This book describes ...

The Illustrated Origin of Species

1 review
Charles Darwin

Hill & Wang Pub, 1982

Groundbreaking
The Origin of Species is probably one of a handful of books published during the 1800s that still influences society to this day. Written in first-person by the traveling biologist Charles Darwin, it lays out the argument that the members of each species display variation in physical traits. These variations in turn differentiate the survival rates and hence reproductive rates of the different ...

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