Full name: Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography

Author: Janet Browne Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780802143464 0802143466

Charles Darwin’s foremost biographer, Janet Browne, delivers a vivid and accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human.  A sensation on its publication in 1859, The Origin of the Species profoundly shocked Victorian readers by calling into question the belief in a Creator with its description of evolution through natural selection.  And Darwin’s seminal work is nearly as controversial today.  In her illuminating study, Browne delves into the long genesis of Darwin’s theories, from his readings as a university student and his five-year voyage on the Beagle, to his debates with contemporaries and experiments in his garden.  She explores the shock to Darwin when he read of competing scientist’s similar discoveries and the wide and immediate impact of Darwin’s theories on the world. As one of the launch titles in Atlantic Monthly Press’ “Books That Changed the World” series, Browne’s history takes readers inside The Origin of the Species and shows why it can fairly claim to be the greatest science book ever published. Similar books: Darwin for Beginners by Jonathan Miller Darwin's Armada by Iain McCalman Darwin's Island by Steve Jones Darwin's Ghosts by Rebecca Stott Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution by Randal Keynes Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne Darwin and the Barnacle by Rebecca Stott Darwin's Ghost by Steve Jones Life Ascending by Nick Lane The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being by Alice Roberts The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Evolution by Carl Zimmer Evolution by Peter J. Bowler The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins Undeniable by Bill Nye