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- The Readable Darwin: The Origin of Species Charles Darwin published the first edition of The Origin of Species in 1859, explaining the morphological and behavioral diversity of life on Earth and the roles that selection and extinction have played in shaping that diversity over huge amounts of time. It is fair to say that the world hasn’t been the same since. The book is also an outstanding example of logical and completely honest scientific thinking. However, the book is rarely read now, even by biologists. Many of Darwin’s sentences and paragraphs are long and unwieldy, and he refers to a great many people and organisms that most readers are not familiar with. The final edition (the sixth) was published in 1872, and it includes Darwin’s responses to the many arguments that were advanced against his propositions about evolutionary changes over time. To make it easier for people to read this wonderful and important book, the editor of this volume has edited all 15 chapters into more readable prose and has added many footnotes to facilitate understanding and explain Darwin’s thinking. The editor has also indicated where Darwin was correct and where he was wrong.
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