num_pages: 674
description: Naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) is the father of evolution. His groundbreaking The Origin of Species argued that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection. As much as anyone in the modern era, Darwin has changed the course of human thought.Philip Appleman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, where he was a founding editor of Victorian Studies. He is the author of a book on overpopulation, The Silent Explosion and coeditor of 1859: Entering an Age of Crisis. He has also published three novels and several volumes of poetry.
language: English
title: Darwin
titlecomplete: Darwin
genres: History, Classics, School, Biology, Science, Biography, Nature, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Evolution
ratings_count: 425
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company