The History of My Shoes and The Evolution of Darwin’s Theory

Biography & Memoir
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Author: Kenny Fries ISBN: 9781370373796
Publisher: Kenny Fries Publication: July 14, 2017
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Kenny Fries
ISBN: 9781370373796
Publisher: Kenny Fries
Publication: July 14, 2017
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

In The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory, Kenny Fries tells us two stories: the development of the theory of “survival of the fittest,” as articulated by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace; and the history of his ever-changing, made-to-order, orthopedic shoes.The famously important first story, as told by Fries, is a colorful account of the race between Darwin and Wallace to formulate their groundbreaking theories. At the same time, Fries tells a deeply personal story of the evolving consciousness of his own “adaptations,” as represented by his shoes.

Although only the “fittest’ may survive, Fries learns that adaptation and variation are critical to survival. What is deemed normal, or even perfect, are passing phases of the ever-changing embodiment of nature in our world. In the end, Darwin and Wallace’s discoveries resonate with Fries’s own story, inextricably leading us into a new world where variety and difference are not only “normal,” but are the ingenious origins of survival itself.

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In The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory, Kenny Fries tells us two stories: the development of the theory of “survival of the fittest,” as articulated by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace; and the history of his ever-changing, made-to-order, orthopedic shoes.The famously important first story, as told by Fries, is a colorful account of the race between Darwin and Wallace to formulate their groundbreaking theories. At the same time, Fries tells a deeply personal story of the evolving consciousness of his own “adaptations,” as represented by his shoes.

Although only the “fittest’ may survive, Fries learns that adaptation and variation are critical to survival. What is deemed normal, or even perfect, are passing phases of the ever-changing embodiment of nature in our world. In the end, Darwin and Wallace’s discoveries resonate with Fries’s own story, inextricably leading us into a new world where variety and difference are not only “normal,” but are the ingenious origins of survival itself.

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