Charles Darwin: An Anthology

ISBN-13: 9781138520288 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 486 str.

Marston Bates; Philip S. Humphrey; Lionel Tiger

Opis

Explains the continuing importance of Darwin's thinking, and explains why it still influences contemporary scholarship in many fields. This book presents fundamentals of Darwin's revolutionary thought.

Spis treści

I: The Autobiography; 1: Recollections of the Development of My Mind and Character; II: The Voyage of the Beagle; 2: Tierra del Fuego; 3: Galapagos Archipelago; 4: Coral Formations; 5: Reflections on the Voyage; III: The Origin of Species; 6: The Darwin-Wallace Essays of 1858; 7: The Variation of Organisms; 8: Natural Selection; 9: Difficulties of the Theory; 10: Geology and Geography; 11: Recapitulation and Conclusion; IV: The Descent of Man; 12: Outline of the Evidence; 13: The Races of Man; 14: Principles of Sexual Selection; 15: Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds; 16: Secondary Sexual Characters of Man; 17: General Summary and Conclusion; V: The Expression of the E1notions; 18: The Expression of the Emotions in Monkeys; 19: Special Expressions of Man: Blushing; 20: Concluding Remarks on Emotions; 21: Biographical Sketch of an Infant; VI: Plants and Worms; 22: The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants; 23: Insectivorous Plants; 24: The Formation of Vegetable Mould

O autorze

Marston Bates, Philip S. Humphrey, Lionel Tiger