I24. BSR: Origin of the Species

The Origin of Species

"Darwin produced six editions [of The Origin of Species] during his lifetime and, as Peckham demonstrated nearly fifty years ago, he tinkered constantly with the text, adding and amending, revising and rethinking and, above all, responding to criticism."—Times Literary Supplement 816 pages eBook: RRP *€ [D] 42.95 / *US$ 49.00 / *GBP 21.50 PDF ISBN 978-0-8122-0051-5 Date of Publication: November...

The Origin of Species

 Charles Darwin visited the Galápagos Islands and found plants and animals that lived nowhere else in the world.  Darwin realized that he was observing newly emerged species on these young islands.  Speciation—the process by which one species splits into two or more species—is at the focal point of evolutionary theory because the appearance of new species is the source of biological diversit...

On the Origin of Species

'But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this-we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws.' W. Whewell: Bridgewater Treatise.

On the Origin of Species

On the Origin of Species