Synopses & Reviews
The most popular of Darwin's books during his lifetime, in a beautifully illustrated new edition Featuring dozens of color photographs from Darwin's original publication, this edition-issued to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth-makes this classic study newly accessible to modern readers. Published in 1872, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was a book at the very heart of Darwin's research interests. Darwin's main goal was to demonstrate the power of his theories for explaining the origin of our most cherished human qualities, morality and intellect. The work engages some of the hardest questions in the evolution debate, and it shows the ever-cautious Darwin at his boldest.
Review
" He who admits, on general grounds, that the structure and habits of all animals have been gradually evolved will look at the whole subject of Expression in a new and interesting light."
-Charles Darwin
Synopsis
Considered by many to be Darwin's greatest work, this magnum opus on how humans and animals display such emotions as fear, anger, disdain, and pleasure has in most respects been sustained by later scientific research
Synopsis
Published in 1872, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was a book at the very heart of Darwin's research interests - a central pillar of his 'human' series. This book engaged some of the hardest questions in the evolution debate, and it showed the ever-cautious Darwin at his boldest. If Darwin had one goal with Expression, it was to demonstrate the power of his theories for explaining the origin of our most cherished human qualities: morality and intellect. As Darwin explained, -He who admits, on general grounds, that the structure and habits of all animals have been gradually evolved, will look at the whole subject of Expression in a new and interesting light.-
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Synopsis
Previously published: London: J. Murray, 1890.
About the Author
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was a Victorian scientist and naturalist whose theory of natural selection is now the most widely accepted scientific model of how species evolve.
Sharon messenger is a senior research assistant at the Welcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College, London.
Joe Cain is a senior lecturer in history and philosophy of biology at University College, London.
Table of Contents
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals Acknowledgements
Chronology
Introduction
Further Reading
Note on the Text
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Appendix 1: Translation of French quotations
Appendix 2: Darwin's 'Queries About Expression'
Appendix 3: List of supplementary images
Index