Charles Darwin: 278 books

Charles Darwin entwickelt in seinem bahnbrechenden Werk über »Die Entstehung der Arten« die Grundlagen der Evolutionstheorie. Darwin erklärt die Theorie anhand der Methodik der Tierzucht. Ein Züchter sorgt dafür, dass sich bestimmte Merkmale einer Tierart bevorzugt fortpflanzen. In der Natur...

Charles Darwin (Shrewsbury, Inglaterra, 1809-Kent, Inglaterra, 1882) al publicar su obra EL ORIGEN DE LAS ESPECIES en 1859, presentó su teoría de la evolución mediante la selección natural que, pasados ciento cincuenta años, continúa siendo la base de la interpretación de la naturaleza de la...

Published in 1872, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was a book at the very heart of Darwin's research interests - a central pillar of his 'human' series. This book engaged some of the hardest questions in the evolution debate, and it showed the ever-cautious Darwin at his boldest....

Im Jahr 1831 suchte der Kapitän der Beagle Fitzroy einen standesgemäßen und naturwissenschaftlich gebildeten Begleiter für eine geplante Vermessungs- und Entdeckungsfahrt nach Südamerika. Der 22jährige Darwin wurde für diese Position von seinem Lehrer und Freund Henslow empfohlen und konnte...

Die Abstammung des Menschen zu erörtern, hatte Darwin bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt immer vermieden. Erst im 1871 erschienenen Buch The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl) legte Darwin dar, was zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits weithin...

[Illustrated jacket] Introduced by Richard Dawkins. Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin’s The Origin of Species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On its appearance in 1859 it was...

The Critical Introduction begins: "Of the remarkable "trilogy" constituted by Darwin's writings which deal with the geology of the "Beagle," the member which has perhaps attracted least attention, up to the present time is that which treats of the geology of South America. The actual writing of this...

From 1831-1836 Charles Darwin embarked on a journey aboard the H.M.S. Beagle that eventually led to him to the famous conclusions he drew in Origins of Species by Means of Natural Selection. As the ship’s naturalist, he made exhaustive observations of the geology and natural history of the region...

When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. His journal, here reprinted in a shortened form, shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events. Volcanoes...

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Charles Darwin.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin.

Charles Darwin transformed our understanding of the world with the idea of natural selection, challenging the notion that species are fixed and unchanging. These writings from On the Origin of Species explain how different life forms appear all over the globe, evolve over millions of years, become...

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871, which applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection, a form of biological adaptation distinct from, yet interconnected with, natural...

The share which worms have taken in the formation of the layer of vegetable mould, which covers the whole surface of the land in every moderately humid country, is the subject of the present volume.This mould is generally of a blackish colour and a few inches in thickness.In different districts it...