Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Vol 2
Charles Darwin
The second volume covers the publication of the Origin of Species and the debate that followed. Darwin's letters show the theory being defended and refined year by year.
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On the Origin of SpeciesDarwin's central work, where he sets out evolution by natural selection and the evidence behind it. This edition opens with his historical sketch of earlier thinking on the question.
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Darwin applies evolution to our own species and develops his theory of sexual selection. A long, closely argued book that traces human origins through comparative anatomy and animal behavior.
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A study of how emotions show in the face and body, and why the same expressions turn up across species. Darwin treats blushing, weeping and fear as biological questions.
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Darwin gathers the evidence for variation and heredity from domesticated animals and cultivated plants. Volume one covers dogs, horses, pigeons and the crops he studied most closely.
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The second volume turns to inheritance, crossing and the causes of variability. It contains Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, his attempt to explain how traits pass between generations.
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