Evolution

Charles Darwin is a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. With a Foreword by Sir David Attenborough, this is a fascinating insight into Darwin’s life as he first directly addressed the issues of humanitys place in nature, and the consequences of his ideas for religious belief. Incorporating previously unpublished material, this volume includes letters written by Darwin, and also those written to him by friends and scientific colleagues world-wide, by critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and admirers who helped them to spread. They take up the story of Darwins life in 1860, in the immediate aftermath of the publication of On the Origin of Species, and carry it through one of the most intense and productive decades of his career, to the eve of publication of Descent of Man in 1871.

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Foreword Sir David Attenborough
Introduction
Editors note
Symbols and abbreviations
Prologue
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
Biographical register
Bibliography of biographical sources
Bibliographical note
Acknowledgements
Index.