A beautiful edition of a beautiful book

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	• On the Origin of Species: The Illustrated Edition Charles Darwin Sterling, 2008 - 560 pages average customer review:based on 16 reviews view larger image
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A beautiful edition of a beautiful book

What a lovely book! I got it for my daughter and she's absolutely thrilled with it.

Beautiful!

This book is absolutely beautiful. Even if you disregard the actual text itself - which one would be a fool to do - the quality of this book is awesome. Strong binding, pleasant typeface, two-column layout, plenty of margin space, text-book quality pages, and of course the abundance of images. This is a book worth keeping on your shelf. The only caveat is that it is large and heavy, making it not very versatile in where and how you read it. If you like to read curled up on a couch holding the book in the air in front of you, this edition is probably not for you.

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Darwin's Theory

I was surprised by the large size of the book. Very professionally done and lots of pictures. I have not finished the 500+ page book yet but will eventually. I was hoping there would be more about the actual Beagle voyage, but I believe there are other books on that subject.

Darwin's Origin Plus

Darwin's beautiful sentences need quiet time to be read and reread, but the effort is more than worthwhile. The extras in illustrations and excerpts from other Darwin books make the extraordinary insights and revolutionary conclusions of this edition of the "Origin" all the better.

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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin?s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation
of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. In his landmark study, Darwin theorized that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. These ideas flew in the face of long-held beliefs, and the book immediately became one of the most controversial scientific works in history?and it still remains so today. Now, for the first time, Darwin?s classic is fully and handsomely illustrated with more than 350 illustrations and photos, many of them in brilliant color. Reproductions from Darwin?s The Voyage of the Beagle, his journal of the travels that led to his remarkable breakthrough, appear throughout, inviting readers to experience Darwin?s journey and to understand how he developed his theory of evolution. In addition, brief excerpts from his
letters, diaries, and correspondence bring both Darwin the man and his
revolutionary discovery to life. A Main Selection of Scientific America.

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