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WE close most biographies with the exclamation “too long and far too many letters,” but the three volumes of the “Life and Letters of Charles Darwin,” published in 1887, left their readers ...
But it was known when the “Origin of Species “was ... it will surely be by a book like this. The Descent of Man, and Selection in relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, &c. In two volumes.
Quotable quotes are great to use, but you might want to check on who said what exactly. You may be surprised when you do.
The mating rituals of many bird species involve elaborate dances and displays by the males. The evolutionary reasons for the ...
Dr Martyn Linnie, curator of Trinity College Dublin’s Zoological Museum, has just launched a new book, bringing to life the many tales of the museum’s history and that of its permanent residents.
We don’t like those damn foreigners. The problem is that great nations throughout the history of Western civilization have ...
In his book “Cities in Civilization,” Peter Hall looked ... In the decades before he published “On the Origin of Species,” ...
By way of a few ingenious experiments—conducted back in 1865, after reading Darwin’s “On the Movements ... Society the very same week that Origin of Species was published by John Murray ...
Having dedicated his career to understanding human brains, Eagleman shared his perspective in Newsweek's AI Impact interview series with Marcus Weldon.