The Origin of Species in Science and Inquiry

Mar 26, 2011 Cassandra Kay Silva rated it it was amazing

Shelves: science

It took me awhile to drag myself into reading this one. People have always commented that it was so dull and that it was convoluted and hard to follow and I have always believed in evolution and found modern books very accessible on the subject so I thought why bother? Then again I have a thing for classics, and as my list of books on evolution grew I started to chide myself that I still had not even read from Darwin's own hand. So I bent to the grain and pulled it out. This book was nothing lik ...more

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Jan 19, 2013 Charlene rated it really liked it

Shelves: biology, ecology, philosophy, general-science, evolution, origins-of-life, geology

So often we learn about what Darwin said through the works of more contemporary scientists. It is for this reason reading Darwin's own words is important. He is a beautiful writer with a brilliant mind. Easy to read, flows nicely, and makes very clear what he thought (making readers more equipped to make their own decision next the read, "Darwin said....") ...more

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Mar 31, 2011 Cindy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, science, british, pre-gr

Cassandra just reminded me why I enjoyed reading Origin of Species so much.

In college I had to read a fair amount of it in some very non-bio course - I can't remember which one. Maybe a social sciences course? I gobbled the whole thing in my almost non-existent free time, and I still have my copy in my bedroom. Naughty!

Parts were fairly dry, but it felt like you were watching Darwin's mind churn and grow and fit the pieces together with him.

A year or two later I was so excited to go to the Natur ...more

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Jan 21, 2012 Brian rated it it was amazing

What am I going to say about this? The book is a brilliant piece of work by a brilliant naturalist. Irrefutable and brilliant. If the bible was even half as well done Jesus might have a chance with me.

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