Darwin's notes from his 1831 trip provide an account of the HMS "Beagle" and the first hints of his theory of evolution and natural selection[...]

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of "The Origin of the Species", this title takes readers around the world on a voyage of discovery with the famous scientist, from his early meeting with Captain Fitzroy to his modest return nearly five years later. The book also looks at seafarin[...]

The Voyage of the BeagleCharles DarwinThe Beagle sailed from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy. While the expedition was originally planned to last two years, it lasted almost five--the Beagle did not return until 2 October 1836.I have stated in the prefa[...]

I denne boken kan du lese om en fyr som heller ville samle på biller enn å gå på skolen da han var liten, som ble veldig sjøsyk på en 5 år lang reise rundt jorden, og som satte i gang en "tankerevolusjon" med sin evolusjonsteori. Boken tar for seg Charles Darwins oppvekst, reiser og forskning[...]

Charles Darwins bok On the Origin of Species kom ut den 24 november 1859 och såldes slut samma dag. Upphovsmannen blev berömd över en natt, men också utsatt för hårda angrepp och hån. Det var vid en tid då skapelseberättelsen var den enda accepterade förklaringen av livets mångfald varje[...]

Är människan släkt med apan? Hör alla levande varelser ihop? Är jorden flera miljarder år gammal? Enligt Bibeln skapades den ju för bara 6000 år sedan. Charles Darwins tankar och upptäckter skrämde honom så mycket att han gömde sina anteckningar på vinden. Om han vågade berätta om dem[...]

Englannin hallitus lähetti vuonna 1831 kartoitusalus Beaglen Etelä-Amerikan rannikolle tutkimaan Tulimaan vaarallisia vesiä ja muita huonosti tunnettuja alueita. Tehtävä oli haaste 27-metriselle Beaglelle ja sen 26-vuotiaalle kapteenille Robert Fitzroylle.Nuoren kapteenin vieraana ja luonnontut[...]

Charles Darwin's years as a student at the University of Cambridge were some of the most important and formative of his life. Thereafter he always felt a particular affection for Cambridge. For a time he even considered a Cambridge professorship as a career and sent three of his sons there to be edu[...]

George John Romanes (1848-94), considered by The Times to be 'the biological investigator upon whom in England the mantle of Mr. Darwin has most conspicuously descended', wrote this influential work on the evolution of the mental faculties of animals in 1883. The two scientists were close friends, a[...]

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was published on November 24, 1859. The book's full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. This book is a seminal work in scientific literature and a landmark work in [...]

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin was first published in 1871. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory. In The Descent of Man, Darwin applies theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual s[...]