On the Origin of Species

Brief Description: Charles Darwin's controversial landmark work on evolution. Marc Notes: This edition is an unformatted, public domain printing.; Includes index.; Charles Darwin's controversial landmark work on evolution. Publisher Marketing: Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species was a landmark and controversial work when it was first published; still surrounded by argument and debate, it is nevertheless an essential read for a complete understanding of our culture and evolution. Review Citations:

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Contributor Bio:  Darwin, Charles Frederick Burkhardt (1912 2007), the founder of the Darwin Correspondence Project, was president of Bennington College, Vermont, 1947 57, and president of the American Council of Learned Societies, 1957 74. Before founding the Darwin Correspondence Project in 1974, he was already at work on an edition of the papers of the philosopher William James. He received the Modern Language Association of America's first Morton N. Cohen Award for a Distinguished Edition of Letters in 1991, the Founder's Medal of the Society for the History of Natural History in 1997, the Thomas Jefferson Gold Medal of the American Philosophical Society in 2003 and a special citation for outstanding service to the history of science from the History of Science Society in 2005.