The story behind Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution from the fun and fabulous Robert WinstonJoin Robert Winston for an amazing look at the story of evolutionary science and the way Charles Darwin's revolutionary theories changed the world.Explore lands of fire, meet curious creatures, and peer into the future, as you follow Darwin on his epic voyage in search of the origins of species.Discover how previous thinkers believed life began and the dramatic developments since Darwin's era. Find out how theories developed after Darwin, with modern scientists revealing the secrets of genes and DNA and showing what lies in the future.It's the origins of you, your friends, and every living thing on Earth!
This book is part of a book series called Big Questions .
There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published in 2009 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .
Professor Robert Winston is a household name thanks to popular TV series that include The Human Body, which won three baftas, Superhuman, Walking with Cavemen and The Human Mind. A winner of the Royal Society's prestigious Michael Faraday Gold Award, he was made a life peer in 1995.
This book contains the following story:
On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin proposed that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Individual members of populations vary, but it is the characteristics of the most successful in any population that are disproportionately passed onto the next generation. Darwin provided evidence that diversity of life resulted from this inheritance of certain characteristics by the fittest through a branching pattern of evolution. He provided evidence for his theory, much of which was collected on his Beagle expedition. The Origin of the Species was published on 24 November 1859.
This book features the following character:
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was an English naturalist and geologist best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. During his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideas that would change people's understanding of the natural world. He proposed that evolution resulted from natural selection. In 1859 he published his book 'The Origin of the Species'.
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'Brilliant, entertaining and canny' The Observer on What Makes Me Me?
'instant pickupability . . . a useful addition to the school library.' Guardian on It's Elementary
'Brilliant, entertaining and canny' The Observer on What Makes Me Me?
'instant pickupability . . . a useful addition to the school library.' Guardian on It's Elementary
