The Origin of Species - 6th Edition

Klappentext The sixth edition of The Origin of Species! and the last to be revised by Darwin himself. Zusammenfassung This sixth edition of The Origin of Species was published in 1876. It is the last edition on which Darwin himself worked before his death in 1882! and complements the 2009 scholarly edition! edited by Jim Endersby and published by Cambridge University Press in Darwin's bicentennial year. Inhaltsverzeichnis Additions and corrections to the sixth edition; Historical sketch; Introduction; 1. Variation under domestication; 2. Variation under nature; 3. Struggle for existence; 4. Natural selection, or the survival of the fittest; 5. Laws of variation; 6. Difficulties of the theory; 7. Miscellaneous objections to the theory of natural selection; 8. Instinct; 9. Hybridism; 10. On the imperfection of the geological record; 11. On the geological succession of organic beings; 12. Geographical distribution; 13. Geographical distribution continued; 14. Mutual affinities of organic beings, morphology, embryology, rudimentary organs; 15. Recapitulation and conclusion; Glossary of scientific terms; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Darwin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108005487
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00548-7
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous