The Origin of Species: A Variorum Text (Variorum Reprint)
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The theories propounded by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species have had a profound and revolutionary effect, not only on biology but on philosophy, history, and theology as well. His concept of natural selection has created eruptive disputes among the scientists and religious leaders of his time and ours. The phenomenal importance of his brilliant studies is universally recognized, but for the first time in this volume has a scholar attempted the gargantuan task of compiling a complete variorum edition covering all of the extensive variants in the six texts published between 1859 and 1872, the collation of which has made possible an accurate application and discussion of The Origin of Species.
Darwin's changes were extensive. His book grew by a third as he rewrote many passages four or five times, and in this edition Morse Peckham has recorded every one of those changes. A book of such distinctive dimensions, on a subject of such profound importance, will be of intense interest to historians of biology, evolution, science, literature, and cultural development. It will be an invaluable aid to the clarification and full comprehension of this complex and renowned scientific classic.
From the Publisher
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was the British naturalist who originated the theories of natural selection and evolution. Morse Peckham, Director of the University of Pennsylvania Press from 1953 to 1955, was Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina and author of many books, including Beyond the Tragic Vision and Explanation and Power: An Inquiry into the Control of Human Behavior.
The Origin of Species: A Variorum Text (Variorum Reprint),Charles Darwin,Morse Peckham,University of Pennsylvania Press,0812219546,History,Life Sciences - Evolution,Science,Science/Mathematics,Evolution
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