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Darwin

By: Mark Ridley

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Paperback | 7 January 2005 | Edition Number 1

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'There is grandeur in thsi view of life' Charles DarwinCharles Darwin's permanent legacy are his broad, abstract theories of evolution and natural selection, theories which he tested against an astonishing array of natural-history evidence in his writing. Mark Ridley uses a question-and-answer approach to explain how Darwin carefully tackled problems, and shows how the reader can understand Darwin's arguments by first working out what question Darwin had implicitly set himself to answer. Mark Ridley concentrates on extracts from Darwin's two most important books, The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man, and also introduces us to Darwin's lesser-known works, on topics as diverse as animal domestication and earthworms, and his writing on the human condition.

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Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories Biographies Science, Technology & Medicine Biographies Science Biology, Life Sciences Life Sciences in General Evolution Science in General Popular Science

'One long argument'	p. 5
Natural selection	p. 16
Difficulties on theory	p. 27
Hybridism and biodiversity	p. 37
The geological succession	p. 48
The case for evolution	p. 59
The social and moral faculties	p. 70
Natural selection as affecting civilized nations	p. 80
Sexual selection	p. 90
The expression of the emotions	p. 101
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