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On the Origin of Species (Revised)
On the Origin of Species (Revised) | Charles Darwin
In The Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply-held beliefs of the Western world. Arguing for a material, not divine, origin of species, he showed that new species are achieved by "natural selection." The Origin communicates the enthusiasm of original thinking in an open, descriptive style, and Darwin's emphasis on the value of diversity speaks more strongly now than ever. As well as a stimulating introduction and detailed notes, this edition offers a register of the many writers referred to by Darwin in the text. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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LizaComberg
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I was looking forward to this book as I have a strong biology/chemistry background. I really wanted to like it but couldn't get further than halfway due to Darwin's painful ramblings and long drawn-out arguments. While there is substance there (obviously, it's an historic work), the diction and argumentative structure just isn't there.

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TheBookHippie
On the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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It‘s like the books find me 😂

kspenmoll Yup. My husband & son read this together ages ago..but I refrained! 2y
GingerAntics This is on my reading list… one of these days. That looks like a much more beautiful copy than my signet classic. 2y
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GingerAntics
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Should I be concerned that my library tracking app thinks Charles Darwin is fiction? Yes, I corrected it. It‘s now listed under Science.
#OriginOfSpecies #CharlesDarwin #Science #nonfiction #DrQuinnReadingList #BlameDrMike

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Roary47
On the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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Gotta love Goodwill to get your book fix on a budget. 🥰😍 Yes, there is faith based books and Charles Darwin. I‘m a lady of faith, but also a Science Teacher. 🤗

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
On the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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1. Tagged. (Though debatable whether it‘s “underrated” in certain circles, I don‘t think it circulates through humanity the way it should...)
2. The Great Gatsby
3. The Book Thief (If it doesn‘t end up a classic, I‘ll lose my faith in humanity)
#SundayFunday
Tagged some peeps, but everyone is welcome to play! ❤️

Pageturner1 😊 thanks 4y
BookmarkTavern Totally agree on Gatsby! Thank you for sharing! 4y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @ozma.of.oz I‘m told I need to give it a second chance as an adult since I read it back in High School, but I can‘t muster up the urge to do so. 😅 4y
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BookmarkTavern Life is too short to reread books from high school that you didn‘t like. 😂 Wait until it enters the public domain next year and see what fun stuff people do with it! I‘d personally love a Gatsby in space. 4y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @ozma.of.oz Now that I could get behind! 😂🤣😂 4y
TheRiehlDeal Yes to #3! 🙌 It's a book that everyone needs to read their lifetime. 4y
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Jeeva4
On the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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Classic

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Mitch
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Date night! The story of a young Charles Darwin aboard the Beagle - it‘s in the Natural History Museum so I‘m expecting an amazing backdrop!

inthegreensandblues Sounds like fun! 5y
Mitch @inthegreensandblues I‘m really looking forward to it! It‘s had great reviews and the production photos look amazing 5y
AmyG Have fun. Looks very interesting. 5y
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Schnoebs
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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Got to go to the new natural history museum here in the Twin Cities! All sorts of fun about evolution happened today. They also had a great exhibit on lichen and a bunch of interact exhibits like making dioramas and sketching animals!

#evolution #darwin #science #weekend #museum #education #bell #mpls #twincities

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Sydsavvy
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Another picture of our play, Inherit the Wind, as seen from the cast perspective. No, I‘m not over it yet. Readers make particularly good actors. And the fourth wall protects the introvert. If you‘ve never auditioned for a play or served as a crew member, find the opportunity and do it. Chances are you‘ll love it.

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Rachel.Rencher
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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What's your favorite thrift store book find?

I was browsing my local thrift store's book section and found this! It's a beautiful, leather bound Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. It has beautiful illustrations and gold edges on the pages. I picked it up for only $3! 😁👏

Lcsmcat Wow! 😀 Beautiful! 6y
Bookboss Gorgeous! 6y
Lucas.Rencher @Rachel.Rencher I was so excited when we found this! 📚🤓 6y
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jpmcwisemorgan Beautiful! 6y
HardcoverHearts That‘s my favorite pastime! Congratulations on your treasure. 6y
BookMaven407 Great find! 👍 6y
NoirFromBothSidesOfThePond I'm a real foodie... would love this! 6y
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Tove_Reads
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Look what I got! Some people really know me 😃👏🏼💗

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this!!! 💖 6y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Puppy + Darwin = 💯 6y
BestDogDad Two of my favorite things! 6y
LeahBergen Love it! 6y
minkyb Too perfect! 6y
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Jen2
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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Wow that was difficult. I do feel smarter though!!

Susanita Beagle reference? 6y
Jen2 Hee hee hee! 6y
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hgrimes
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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An awesome art print created from the text of Origin of Species.

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emily_m_tubb
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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Day 12 of #FallIntoBooks #GoldAndSilver
I own a few gold and silver books, but this is my favourite. I bought this from The British Museum simply because I loved the cover (and that it's a very interesting book)

DeborahSmall Gorgeous ❤️ 7y
valeriegeary This cover is pretty cool! 7y
Laura317 Beautiful! I missed the British Museum on my trip. Next time!! 7y
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LinaLovesLit
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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Someone shared a picture of this book from Barnes & Noble... security sticker stuck to the page! 😱

http://m.hugelol.com/lol/320252

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Zelma
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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For the full effect, here is one of my reading nooks in my house. I've had this chair for over 20 years. My end table had a built-in magazine rack, Mr. Z made the bookcase, and the poster is one of those that uses book text to make the image. Book is the one linked. The only thing missing is a footrest.

Zelma Edited to show more of the poster. 😀 7y
Texreader Oh! Lovely! Just saw Darwin's burial stone at Westminster Abbey two days ago! 7y
Zelma @Texreader oooh, envious. 👍 7y
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Megabooks 😍😍 7y
ValerieAndBooks Nice and cozy!! 7y
kspenmoll Looks perfect! 7y
Zelma @Booksandcooks @ValerieAndBooks @kspenmoll thanks! It's one of my favorite spots in the house. 7y
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drokka
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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I decided to go the subtle route for yesterday's #animalcovers prompt #riotgram

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Homoglobinopathy
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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A must read for the scientist community even if it's a touch outdated.

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LitLogophile
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Look at what words can do.

Darwin had an idea - an absurd, unorthodox, beautiful idea. He researched his idea, thought about it, made observations, asked his friends about it, and then had the nerve to put it into print.

This is my motivation for today. The guy who was cool enough to say - "the view which most naturalists entertain ... is erroneous."

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shanaqui
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It's amazing how right Darwin managed to be. But then he was also meticulous and careful to test hypotheses and listen to others. An excellent scientist!

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JoeRugola
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Day 25 of #Riotgrams: favorite quote.

"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

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LauraJ
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Staffing the book store at CFI for Darwin Day. Happy Birthday, Chuck!

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shanaqui
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A bunny's place is... On the shelf with my biology textbooks? #bunniesofLitsy

Gezemice Oh, cute bunny! ❤🐰 7y
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shanaqui

I am looking forward to having read this, so between that and my fairly detailed knowledge of biology I can defend the theory of evolution while admitting where Darwin was wrong.

Just spent far too long trying to explain to someone on goodreads that "micro" and "macro" evolution are not distinct and the former makes the latter inevitable...

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shanaqui
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I'm sick so... Easy reading?

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled
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My bookish tattoo . . . The bird on top is a Darwin Tanager a la Origin of Species. The bottom is an ambigram of my name and my hubby's (Ryan). And kudzo all around, because you can't ever kill it 😉#bookishtattoo #riotgrams

Claireluana Lovely! 7y
underthebelljar So pretty! 7y
Zelma Wow, I absolutely love it! 😍 7y
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DeeLew Gorgeous! 7y
Suzze That is so cool! 7y
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LeahBergen
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DeeLew Those are beautiful!! 😍 7y
jpmcwisemorgan I love pretty books. ❤❤❤ 7y
TheLondonBookworm Oh wow gorgeous! I've never read the origin of the species but I've always meant to... 7y
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Bibliogeekery Gorgeous! 7y
night_shift Oh! These are so pretty! 7y
Hobbinol MmmMm! HMS Purdy! 7y
rubyslippersreads 😍😍😍 7y
Suzze Beautiful covers! 7y
MrBook Love these editions! 7y
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La_Cori
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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this is the closest I can get to #BooksAboutNature.. sooner or later I will read it, I promise! (it's on my TBR since highschool 🙈🙈🙈)

#readJanuary @RealLifeReading

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Books4Ever
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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What an interesting read 😊 honestly it was a touch dry at times, but very worth pushing through to the meatier parts 🤓I've listened to a lot of debates that spring from the info in this book and I'm excited to join in now that I'm more informed 😊 Thoroughly awesome read 😊and my handsome cat Gatsby agrees 😊

Sparkpuppypup Gatsby is gorgeous! 😻❤️ 7y
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Books4Ever
The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
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Perfect Saturday Read 😊❤️

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Sea.fisher01
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Burning the midnight oil, digging that old book smell. #inspiration #historian #mamawritesanovel #trekkie #philipkdick #typewriter #darwin #paradesend

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respekt1111
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Not a great beach read. The book requires concentration and the Pacific is distracting #readingoutside

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Zelma
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Random pic of the day. Here is my book art - the dark spaces in the photo is the entire text of On the Origin of Species. I wish I could collect more but I don't think Mr. Z wants a whole house of literary art.

LauraBeth ❤️ this! 8y
Zelma @LauraBeth postertext dot com. They have some really cool options. (I am not affiliated with them, just a fan) 8y
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Zelma @BethFishReads someone actually asked me if I was going to read it on the poster. Um, not so much. My eyes are terrible! 8y
BethFishReads 😄😄 way too funny 8y
Bette Awesome. ❤️ 8y
LeahBergen Cool! ❤️ 8y
CaitlinSiem I really like this one. I have one myself that was a gift. Such a cool concept. 8y
Zelma @Bette @LeahBergen thanks! @CaitlinSiem which one do you have? 8y
CaitlinSiem It's the 30x45 poster for Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. My friend got me the biggest one since it's the only one with the full book printed on it. http://www.litographs.com/products/glass 8y
Zelma @CaitlinSiem very nice! 👍 8y
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charlotte
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I tried to start reading this a while ago but it was too much for me. Maybe in a couple of years? I haven't read enough nonfiction to properly enjoy it at this point.

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