The author has spent his career probing how evolutionary and environmental processes have shaped the diversity of life on earth. In this book he asks how Darwin's own views of the evolutionary process developed in the decades leading up to the publication of 'On the Origin of Species' and how those views continue to affect not only biology but also our everyday lives.
Hardback. 218 pages. NEW.
Offering daring new ideas about evolution, two biologists here tackle the central, unresolved question in the field - how have living organisms on Earth developed with such astounding variety and complexity? They draw on cutting edge biological and biomedical research to provide an original solution to this longstanding puzzle.
Softback. 314 pages. NEW.
"To suppose that the eye....could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree" - thus wrote Charles Darwin in 'On the Oigin of Species.' The eye was "an organ of extreme perfection," he thought, and it became a problem he could not resolve with his theory of evolution by natural selection. But was he right to consider the eye so infallible?
Hardback. 286 pages. NEW.
The author brilliantly shows how Darwin's first studies into the history of life are as important and controversial now, as then. He unfolds a shining portrait of the formation of one of history's greatest thinkers and his relationship with his garden. It shows how the experiments that he conducted there over 150 years ago continue to contribute to the work of others today.
Hardback. 252 pages. NEW.
Iillustrated with many fine photographs the book tells the story of the famous voyage. It includes extracts from the expedition journals and historical maps.
Hardback. 208 pages. NEW.
Following Darwin's famous voyage in H.M.S. Beagle, three other ambitious young naturalists, Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley and Alfred Wallace undertook long hazardous sea journeys around the globe to discover and document new life forms. The common hardships they endured forged lifelong friendships, and the group became the vanguard of the intellectual and social battle to convince the world of Darwin's theory. This book argues that the foundations of modern science as we know it lie not in the lecture halls of Victorian Britain, but in shared experience in Australasia and the South Seas.
Hardback. 380 pages. NEW.
The text of this edition is the same as the last edition published during Darwin's lifetime and is generally considered to be the most definitive. It is complimented by over 100 detailed and informative contemporary illustrations many relating to discoveries made on H.M.S. Beagle.
Hardback. 384 pages. NEW.
In this remarkable book the authors give a completely new explanation of how Darwin came to his famous view of evolution, which traced all life to a common ancestor. Darwin was committed to the abolition of slavery, in part because of his family's deeply held beliefs. It was his "Sacred Cause" and at its core lay a belief in human racial unity. Desmond and Moore show how Darwin extended to all life the idea of human brotherhood held by those who fought to abolish slavery, so developing our modern view of evolution.
Hardback. 484 pages. NEW.
This alphbetically arranged reference work offers a dazzling overview of the life and thought of Charles Darwin and his incredibly wide sphere of influence. Authoritative and illustrated, it illuminates the ways in which ideas of evolutionary biology have lept the bounds of science to influence philosophy, law, religion, literature, cinema, art and popular culture.
University of California Press. Hardback. 487 pages. NEW.
Darwin's Pictures, Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874. Julia Voss demonstrates how Darwin “thought with his eyes” and that his pictorial representations were vitally interconnected with the development and popularisation of the theory of evolution New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2010. Hardback with dust-jacket, illustrated, 340 pages. NEW
Darwin's Legacy, What Evolution Means Today. John Dupre shows why Darwin's theory of evolution is one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time, but also argues that it has little to tell us about the details of human nature and behaviour, such as language, culture and sexuality. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006 reprint of 2003 edition. Softback, 138 pages. NEW
The Cambridge Companion to Darwin provides the reader with a lively and balanced introduction to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacy. A team of academics examines Darwin's scientific ideas and their development; his science in the context of its times; the influence of Darwinian thought in recent philosophical, social and religious debate; and the importance of Darwinism for the future of naturalist philosophy. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003. Softback, 486 pages. NEW
Living with Darwin, Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith. Philip Kitcher analyses the conflict between Darwinism and Western Christianity, and shows that the ongoing battle between evolutionists and creationists in the USA is part of a wider battle between superstition and rationality. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007. Hardback with dust-jacket, 192 pages. NEW
