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My favourite quotations from The Origin of Species

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Martyn Murray

I’ve been reading Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1st ed., 1859) whilst preparing an abbreviated edition Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species: Bite-Sized for publication. Along the way, I came across several passages which seemed especially formative, telling or charming … Continue reading →

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On the Origin of Species: The Illustrated Edition (Sterling, 2008)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Martyn Murray

This book has been produced on the premise that two beautiful things, when put together, make something even more beautiful, just like wine and cheese, a sail on the sea, the singer and a song, a dove on its leafy … Continue reading →

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Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1st ed., 1859)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Martyn Murray

Almost uniquely in the written annals of science, Darwin’s Origin remains as modern, fresh and accessible to the non-specialist reader today as when first published more than 150 years ago. He thought of it as an abstract of a much … Continue reading →

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