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From So Simple a Beginning
Darwin's Four Great Books
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From So Simple a Beginning
Hailed as "superior" by Nature, this landmark volume is available in a collectible, boxed edition.
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Never before have the four great works of Charles Darwin—Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle (1845), The Origin of Species (1859), The Descent of Man (1871), and The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)—been collected under one cover.
Undertaking this challenging endeavour 123 years after Darwin's death, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson has written an introductory essay for the occasion, while providing new, insightful introductions to each of the four volumes and an afterword that examines the fate of evolutionary theory in an era of religious resistance.
In addition, Wilson has crafted a creative new index to accompany these four texts, which links the nineteenth-century, Darwinian evolutionary concepts to contemporary biological thought.
Beautifully slipcased, and including restored versions of the original illustrations, From So Simple a Beginning turns our attention to the astounding power of the natural creative process and the magnificence of its products.
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From So Simple a Beginning brings Charles Darwin's profound works in a single volume, praised for making Darwin’s insights accessible to a broad audience. Reviews highlight the timeless significance and intellectual gratification offered through this collection of his influential texts.
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ISBN: 9780393061345
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 28 October 2005
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Edition: Slipcased Edition
Illustration: 101 illustrations
Contributors:
- Edited by Edward O. Wilson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 79.0mm
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 249.0mm
Weight: 1948g
Pages: 1712
About the Author
Naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) is the father of evolution. His groundbreaking The Origin of Species argued that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection. As much as anyone in the modern era, Darwin has changed the course of human thought. Edward O. Wilson (1929-2021) was the author of more than thirty books, including Anthill, Letters to a Young Scientist, and The Conquest of Nature. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson was a professor emeritus at Harvard University and lived with his wife in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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