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The Quotable Darwin

Edited by Janet Browne, By (author) Charles Darwin

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A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalist Here is Charles Darwin in his own wordsâ€”the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of On the Origin of Species, the book that shook the Victorian world. Featuring hundreds of quotations carefully selected by world-renowned Darwin biographer Janet Browne, The Quotable Darwin draws from Darwinâ€™s writings, letters to friends and family, autobiographical reminiscences, and private scientific notebooks. It offers a multifaceted portrait that takes readers through his youth, the famous voyage of the Beagle, the development of his thoughts about evolution, his gradual loss of religious faith, and the time spent turning his ideas into a well-articulated theory about the natural origin of all living beingsâ€”a theory that dangerously included the origin of humans. The Quotable Darwin also includes many of the key responses to Darwinâ€™s ideas from figures across the social spectrum, scientists and nonscientists alikeâ€”and criticism too. We see Darwin as an innovative botanist and geologist, an affectionate husband and father, and a lively correspondent who once told his cousin that he liked to play billiards because â€œit drives the horrid species out of my head.â€ This book gives us an intimate look at Darwin at work, at home, as a public figure, and on his travels. Complete with a chronology of Darwinâ€™s life by Browne, The Quotable Darwin provides an engagingly fresh perspective on a remarkable man who was always thinking deeply about the natural world.