Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)

One of the most influential scientists of world history, the naturalist Charles Darwin gained widespread fame and notoriety with the 1859 publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’. At first shocking his Victorian readers by suggesting that animals and humans shared a common ancestry, Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Darwin’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Darwin’s life and works
* New introductions, specially written for this collection, by Professor Kenneth Richard Seddon, OBE (QUILL, The Queen’s University of Belfast)
* ALL of Darwin’s published books, with individual contents tables
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the books
* Famous works are fully illustrated with their original drawings and diagrams
* Multiple editions for the same books, including three editions for the groundbreaking ‘On the Origin of Species’: first, second and definitive sixth edition
* Includes Darwin’s letters and autobiographies – spend hours exploring the scientist’s personal correspondence
* Special criticism section, with 11 essays evaluating Darwin’s contribution to science
* Features Bettany’s seminal biography – discover Darwin’s life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres

CONTENTS:

The Books
INTRODUCTION TO ‘THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE’
THE JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES
THE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFS
GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE VOLCANIC ISLANDS VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE
GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SOUTH AMERICA
A MONOGRAPH OF THE SUB-CLASS CIRRIPEDIA
A MONOGRAPH OF THE FOSSIL LEPADIDAE
ON THE TENDENCY OF SPECIES TO FORM VARIETIES; AND ON THE PERPETUATION OF VARIETIES AND SPECIES BY NATURAL MEANS OF SELECTION
ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION
ON THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH BRITISH AND FOREIGN ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTS
ON THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF CLIMBING PLANTS
THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION
THE DESCENT OF MAN, AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX
THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS
INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS
THE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND SELF FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM
THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF FLOWERS ON PLANTS OF THE SAME SPECIES
ERASMUS DARWIN
THE POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS
THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD, THROUGH THE ACTION OF WORMS
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES

Pamphlets, Essays and Other Short Pieces
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BREEDING OF ANIMALS
GEOLOGY: A MANUAL OF SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY
RECOLLECTIONS OF PROFESSOR HENSLOW, IN JENYNS, MEMOIR OF THE REV. JOHN STEVENS HENSLOW
QUERIES ABOUT EXPRESSION
REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE PRACTICE OF SUBJECTING LIVE ANIMALS TO EXPERIMENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES
A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF AN INFANT MIND
IN WEISMANN, STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT
ESSAY ON INSTINCT
INHERITANCE

The Letters
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN
MORE LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN
The Autobiographies
DARWIN: HIS LIFE TOLD IN AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL CHAPTER
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DARWIN

The Criticism
ON THE RECEPTION OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’ by Thomas Henry Huxley
DARWIN ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Samuel Butler
DARWIN AMONG THE MACHINES by Samuel Butler
AN ESTIMATE OF DARWIN by Asa Gray
DARWINISM IN THE THEORY OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION by Franklin H. Giddings
GLIMPSES AT DARWIN’S WORKING LIFE by William H. Larrabee
THE DARWIN CELEBRATION AT CAMBRIDGE by T. D. A. Cockerell
SPENCER AND DARWIN by Grant Allen
THE WORLD OF LIFE AS VISUALIZED

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