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On the origin of species

By: Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: Oxford University Press 1996 New York Description: xxxviii, 394 pISBN:
  • 9780199219223
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.82
Summary: In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world. His insistence on the immense length of the past and on the abundance of life-forms, present and extinct, dislodged man from his central position in creation and called into question the role of the Creator. He showed that new species are achieved by natural selection, and that absence of plan is an inherent part of the evolutionary process.
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Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 33-A / Slot 1708 (2nd Floor, East Wing) Non-fiction General Stacks 576.82 D2O6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 170824

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxiv]-xxxvi) and index.

In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world. His insistence on the immense length of the past and on the abundance of life-forms, present and extinct, dislodged man from his central position in creation and called into question the role of the Creator. He showed that new species are achieved by natural selection, and that absence of plan is an inherent part of the evolutionary process.

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