The Origin of SpeciesWordsworth Editions, 1998 - 393 síður With an Introduction by Jeff Wallace. 'A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die...'. Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are locked into a pitiless struggle for existence, with extinction looming for those not fitted for the task. Yet The Origin of Species (1859) is also a humane and inspirational vision of ecological interrelatedness, revealing the complex mutual interdependencies between animal and plant life, climate and physical environment, and - by implication - within the human world. Written for the general reader, in a style which combines the rigour of science with the subtlety of literature, The Origin of Species remains one of the founding documents of the modern age. |
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AUTHORS INTRODUCTION | 3 |
Variation under Domestication | 8 |
Variation under Nature | 36 |
Struggle for Existence | 48 |
Natural Selection | 63 |
Laws of Variation | 102 |
Difficulties on Theory | 132 |
Instinct | 159 |
On the Imperfection of the Geological Record | 212 |
On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings | 236 |
Geographical Distribution | 262 |
Geographical Distributioncontinued | 290 |
Morphology Embryology Rudimentary Organs | 311 |
Recapitulation and Conclusion | 346 |
An Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species taken from the third edition | 370 |
Glossary taken from the sixth edition | 378 |