This volume is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors and influence of the great
evolutionist Charles Darwin. With more than sixty essays written by an international group …

Charles Darwin is a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of
modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. With a Foreword by Sir …

'There is grandeur in thsi view of life'Charles Darwin Charles Darwin's permanent legacy are
his broad, abstract theories of evolution and natural selection, theories which he tested …

" Quammen brilliantly and powerfully re-creates the 19th century naturalist's intellectual and
spiritual journey."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Twenty-one years passed between …

What sort of person was the young naturalist who developed an evolutionary idea so logical,
so dangerous, that it has dominated biological science for a century and a half? How did the …

This entry offers a broad historical review of the origin and development of Darwin's theory of
evolution by natural selection through the initial Darwinian phase of the “Darwinian …

Charles Darwin's words first appeared in print as a student at Christ's College, Cambridge in
1829, and in almost every subsequent year of his life he published essays, articles, letters to …

A brief biography of English naturalist responsible for the advancement of the science of
evolution. Two hundred years after Charles Darwin's birth (February 12, 1809), this …

Charles Darwin published his monumental treatise The Origin of Species in 1859. It has
proved to be a major contribution to scientific theory but highly contentious as well. In the …

Evolutionary theory ranks as one of the most powerful concepts of modern civilization. Its
effects on our view of life have been wide and deep. One of the most world-shaking books …