On The Origin of Species
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TextPublication details: First published 1859. This edition was first published in 2009 by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd, , 80 strand, London WC2R EnglandISBN: - 9781846141881
- The 150th Anniversary Landmark Edition On the Origin of Species
- 576.82
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 576.82 BYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | R16840XKRC |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Darwins Idea, Evolution through natural selection, actually explains the meaning of life; it is the biggest single idea ever, its breadth and scope enormous, its means so perfectly economic, its capacity to shock and excite persist, to this day.
'Such emotion and passion over a search for essential truth are also the substance of art, such belief and relevance it goals. The myriad ways of understanding and expressing the beauty of life are a constant inspiration.
'There's an infinite number of ways to get to the same point.'
Damien Hirst, 2009
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Charles Robert Darwin, born in 1809, was an English naturalist who founded the theory of Darwinism, the belief in evolution as determined by natural selection. Although Darwin studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and then studied at Cambridge University to become a minister, he had been interested in natural history all his life. His grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, was a noted English poet, physician, and botanist who was interested in evolutionary development.Darwin's works have had an incalculable effect on all aspects of the modern thought. Darwin's most famous and influential work, On the Origin of Species, provoked immediate controversy.
Darwin's other books include Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.
Charles Darwin died in 1882.
(Bowker Author Biography)