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Vincent McCaffrey: IMG A Practical Matter

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It was in a letter of 1897, about his cousin James Ross Clemens, that Mark Twain famously noted that "the report of my death was an exaggeration." He... Continue »
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    Hound: A Mystery

    Vincent McCaffrey

Origin of Species

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The Origin of Species sold out on the first day of its publication in 1859. It is the major book of the nineteenth century, and one of the most readable and accessible of the great revolutionary works of the scientific imagination.

The Origin of Species was the first mature and persuasive work to explain how species change through the process of natural selection. Upon its publication, the book began to transform attitudes about society and religion, and was soon used to justify the philosophies of communists, socialists, capitalists, and even Germany's National Socialists. But the most quoted response came from Thomas Henry Huxley, Darwin's friend and also a renowned naturalist, who exclaimed, "How extremely stupid not to have thought of that!"

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One of the most important books of all time, The Origin of Species revolutionized scientific, anthropological, religious, and social thought. This edition includes the complete text of Darwin's original and groundbreaking work on natural history, evolution, and natural selection, and features 90 black-and-white engraved illustrations available in no other edition.
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Kenny, December 3, 2006 (view all comments by Kenny)
Outstanding research and description of the origin of species. After reading this you'll want to smack yourself on the head and say, "Why didn't I think of that?"
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780517123201
Author:
Darwin, Charles
Publisher:
Random House
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Evolution
Subject:
Anthropology
Subject:
Natural selection
Subject:
Evolution (Biology)
Subject:
Origin of species
Subject:
Sale Adult - Science
Subject:
Life Sciences - Evolution
Subject:
Anthropology - General
Series Volume:
103-428
Publication Date:
May 1995
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
544
Dimensions:
9.22x6.33x1.66 in. 1.55 lbs.
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