Book ID: CBB001421110

Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography (2007)

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Browne, E. Janet (Author)
Browne, E. Janet (Author)


Atlantic Monthly Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: x + 174 pp.; notes; index.
Language: English

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.

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Authors & Contributors
van Wyhe, John
Stamos, David N.
Richards, Robert John
Wilmer, Clive
Wilkins, John
Ruse, Michael
Concepts
Evolution
Species concept (biology)
Natural selection
Natural history
Classification in biology
Biology
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
England
Amazon River Region (South America)
Americas
South America
Malay; Malaysia
Institutions
Linnean Society of London
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.)
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