The Origin of Species and the Voyage of the Beagle

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Author: Charles Darwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Number of Pages: 992


The most important work of modern science now available in Vintage Classics WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DARWIN'S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, RUTH PADELWhen the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board the H.M.S Beagle in 1836, he brought with him the notes and evidence which would form the basis of his landmark theory of evolution of species by a process of natural selection. This theory, published as The Origin of Species in 1859, is the basis of modern biology and the concept of biodiversity. It also sparked a fierce scientific, religious and philosophical debate which still continues today.



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Janet O"Connor

I got the Origin of species and the voyage of the Beagle for my 44 year old daughter. My Father made her a replica of the Beagle and we have had 3 Beagle dogs. I thought it would give her some background for her replica ship, My Father has since passed on and she has the ship as a memory of him,

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Author: Charles Darwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Number of Pages: 992


The most important work of modern science now available in Vintage Classics WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DARWIN'S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, RUTH PADELWhen the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board the H.M.S Beagle in 1836, he brought with him the notes and evidence which would form the basis of his landmark theory of evolution of species by a process of natural selection. This theory, published as The Origin of Species in 1859, is the basis of modern biology and the concept of biodiversity. It also sparked a fierce scientific, religious and philosophical debate which still continues today.