The Annotated ‹i›Origin‹/i› : : A Facsimile of the First Edition of ‹i›On the Origin of Species‹/i› / / Charles Darwin.

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species is the most important and yet least read scientific work in the history of science. Now James T. Costa—experienced field biologist, theorist on the evolution of insect sociality, and passionate advocate for teaching Darwin in a society in which a significant...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (576 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1. VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION
  • CHAPTER II. VARIATION UNDER NATURE
  • CHAPTER III. STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
  • CHAPTER IV. NATURAL SELECTION
  • CHAPTER V. LAWS OF VARIATION
  • CHAPTER VI. DIFFICULTIES ON THEORY
  • CHAPTER VII. INSTINCT
  • CHAPTER VIII. HYBRIDISM
  • CHAPTER IX. ON THE IMPERFECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD
  • CHAPTER X. ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC REIGNS
  • CHAPTER XI. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
  • CHAPTER XII.GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
  • CHAPTER XIII. MUTUAL AFFINITIES OF ORGANIC BEINGS: MORPHOLOGY EMBRYOLOGY: RUDIMENTARY ORGANS
  • CHAPTER XIV. RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION
  • Coda: The Origin Evolving
  • References
  • Biographical Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Subject Index