charles_darwin

CONTENTS
Series Foreword by Linda S. Frey and Marsha L. Frey
Preface
Chronology of the Life of Charles Darwin and Important
Events in the Development of Ideas about Evolution
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Chapter 1 Overview: The Impact of Charles Darwin 1
Chapter 2 The Life of Charles Darwin 15
Chapter 3 The Origin of Species: The Book and Its Background 43
Chapter 4 The Reception of Darwin’s Theories, 1859–1920 61
Chapter 5
Darwin, Darwinism, and Evolution in the
Twentieth Century 77
Chapter 6 Conclusion: Darwin, Darwinism, and Beyond 87
Biographies: Personalities Important to Darwin and Darwinism 95
People Mentioned in The Origin of Species 111
Primary Documents Relating to Darwin and Darwinism 121
Glossary of Selected Terms 159
Annotated Bibliography 167
Index 187
Photographs follow chapter 6.