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Lädt ... Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography (Books That Changed the World) (Original 2006; 2007. Auflage)von Janet Browne
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A good overview of the origin’s origin, it’s reception and it’s legacy. Wish it had been made even clearer that Darwin was not responsible for social Darwinism. ( ) This book was disappointing, although not actually bad. I had hoped for more, since I have seen Janet Browne's biography of Darwin much praised. The promise of the title is that this book is about "The Origin", but it is not, it's just a capsule biography of Darwin and a discussion of the theory of evolution both as proposed by Darwin and as it has been amended and challenged more recently. You, the reader, can easily do better than this book. For a brief biography of Darwin himself, you could do far worse than to read Thomas Henry Huxley's obituary for the Royal Society in the volume of his collected essays titled "Darwiniana". For a more contemporary biography and a discussion of the meaning of and reactions to Darwin's theory you can try "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin" by David Quammen or indeed, "Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man". If you want to get into more depth about the Darwinian legacy, "Darwin's Spectre: Evolutionary Biology in the Modern World" by Michael Rose, would be a better choice. Or, go to the source, "The Origin" is a very pleasant listen, especially as narrated by David Case. Sadly, this book adds nothing to the existing corpus of Darwin biography and analysis. A great little introduction to Darwin and his most important work. Well researched, clear and readable. Gareth Southwell is a philosopher, writer and illustrator. Probably unsurprisingly, this jolly little book doesn't quite live up to its promise in the subtitle -- really it's a selective biography of Darwin himself, focusing on those elements of his life that related to Origin, from inception through composition to aftermath, plus the reactions of others to it. Browne is the author of one of the biographies of Darwin, the whopping two-volume (1200 pages) study comprising Voyaging (1996) and The Power of Place (2003), so obviously she knows what she's talking about; in consequence, I was slightly alarmed to come across the occasional footling mistake, such as spelling Stephen Jay Gould's first name with a "v" rather than a "ph". Such annoyances aside, this was a great read and surprisingly informative for a book that appears at first to be so slight. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Darwins Buch über die Entstehung der Arten infolge einer natürlichen Selektion der am besten zum Überleben angepassten Organismen gilt als Hauptwerk für die Darstellung seiner Evolutionstheorien. Browne beschreibt in ihrer Kommentierung dieses Werkes, wie aus seinen auf umfangreichen Forschungsreisen und allgemeinen Naturbeobachtungen gewonnenen Erkenntnissen sich seine Evolutiostheorie entwickelte. Detailliert wird über die einzelnen Phasen der Vorbereitung und Niederschrift, über die dramatischen Umstände der Veröffentlichung sowie über die bis zur Gegenwart andauernden heftigen naturwissenschaftlichen und weltanschaulichen Reaktionen berichtet. Anschaulich verdeutlicht die Autorin, ähnlich wie F.M. Wuketits (BA 12/05) oder W. Schaumann (BA 3/03), wie die bahnbrechenden Leistungen Darwins im engen biografischen Zusammenhang mit seinem privaten und öffentlichen Umfeld standen. Ein gut verständlicher, übersichtlich gegliederter Beitrag über Leben und Werk des englischen Naturforschers. (2) Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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