On the Origin of Species

Hardback

Main Details

Title On the Origin of Species
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Charles Darwin
Introduction by George Davidson
SeriesArcturus Gilded Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 183
Category/GenreHistory of science
Popular science
ISBN/Barcode 9781398807501
ClassificationsDewey:576.82
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
General
Illustrations Hardback

Publishing Details

Publisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Imprint Arcturus Publishing Ltd
NZ Release Date 1 November 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Contains the text of the sixth edition - the last edition published during Darwin's lifetime and the last to include his own amendments.

Author Biography

Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, in 1809. He was educated at Shrewsbury school, and then at the universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge, where he developed his interest in natural history. Between 1831 and 1836, he was naturalist on board the ship H.M.S. Beagle, a time crucial to the development of his theory of evolution. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle was published in parts between 1838 and 1843, and On the Origin of Species was first published in 1858. Darwin married his cousin Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and they had 10 children. He died in 1882, and was buried in Westminster Abbey in London. George Davidson studied languages and linguistics a the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Strasbourg, and is a graduate of Edinburgh University. A former senior editor with Chambers Harrap, he is now a freelance compiler and editor of dictionaries and other reference books. He is an elder of the Church of Scotland, and currently lives in Edinburgh.