Charles Darwin

El origen del hombre (en el original ingl s The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex), traducido tambi n como El origen del hombre y la selecci n en relaci n al sexo es un libro ingl s sobre la teor a de la evoluci n centrada en la evoluci n humana del cient fico y naturalista Charles Darwin, publicado por primera vez en el original ingl s la 24 de febrero de 1871 y en espa ol en 1880.

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects of behavior. It was published thirteen years after On the Origin of Species and, alongside his 1871 book The Descent of Man (of which it was originally intended to form a part), it is Darwin's main consideration of human origins. In this book, Darwin seeks to trace the origins of such human characteristics as the pursing of the lips in moments of concentration and the mental confusion which typically accompanies blushing. Before Darwin, mental life had generally been considered in terms of associationist psychology. Darwin's biological approach links mental states to the neurological organization of movement; and he sought out the opinions of some leading British psychiatrists, notably James Crichton-Browne, in the preparation of the book which forms his main contribution to psychology. Amongst the innovations with this book are Darwin's circulation of a questionnaire in his preparatory research; simple psychology experiments on emotional recognition with his friends and family; and (borrowing from Duchenne de Boulogne, a physician at the Salp tri re) the use of photographs in his presentation of scientific information.

El libro re ne, en orden cronol gico, la colecci n completa de las cartas que Darwin envi y recibi durante su viaje a bordo del Beagle entre 1831 y 1836, durante el cual realiz muchas de las observaciones que perfilaron su teor a de la evoluci n de las especies a trav s de la selecci n natural. El intercambio epistolar muestra c mo la familia y amigos presenciaban, desde Inglaterra, el acopio de experiencias y materiales que lo ayudar an a sustentar dicha teor a, as como el encuentro con otras culturas y formas de vida. Todo ello acompa ado de las ilustraciones de Conrad Martens, el paisajista que se uni a la traves a en 1833, durante el paso del nav o por Montevideo.

Although in some respects more technical in their subjects and style than Darwin's "Journal," the books here reprinted will never lose their value and interest for the originality of the observations they contain. Many parts of them are admirably adapted for giving an insight into problems regarding the structure and changes of the earth's surface, and in fact they form a charming introduction to physical geology and physiography in their application to special domains. The books themselves cannot be obtained for many times the price of the present volume, and both the general reader, who desires to know more of Darwin's work, and the student of geology, who naturally wishes to know how a master mind reasoned on most important geological subjects, will be glad of the opportunity of possessing them in a convenient and cheap form. The three introductions, which my friend Professor Judd has kindly furnished, give critical and historical information which makes this edition of special value.

Charles Robert Darwin (12 de febrero de 1809-19 de abril de 1882) fue un naturalista ingl s, reconocido por ser el cient fico m s influyente (y el primero, compartiendo este logro de forma independiente con Alfred Russel Wallace) de los que plantearon la idea de la evoluci n biol gica a trav s de la selecci n natural, justific ndola en su obra de 1859 El origen de las especies con numerosos ejemplos extra dos de la observaci n de la naturaleza. Postul que todas las especies de seres vivos han evolucionado con el tiempo a partir de un antepasado com n mediante un proceso denominado selecci n natural. La evoluci n fue aceptada como un hecho por la comunidad cient fica y por buena parte del p blico en vida de Darwin, mientras que su teor a de la evoluci n mediante selecci n natural no fue considerada como la explicaci n primaria del proceso evolutivo hasta los a os 1930. Actualmente constituye la base de la s ntesis evolutiva moderna. Con sus modificaciones, los descubrimientos cient ficos de Darwin a n siguen siendo el acta fundacional de la biolog a como ciencia, puesto que constituyen una explicaci n l gica que unifica las observaciones sobre la diversidad de la vida.

On the Origin of Species outlines Charles Darwin's world-changing theory that life on Earth had not been brought into being by a creator, but had arisen from a single common ancestor and had evolved over time through the process of natural selection. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of On the Origin of Species is complete and unabridged, and features an afterword by Oliver Francis. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Received with both enthusiasm and hostility on its publication, it triggered a seismic shift in our understanding of humanity's place in the natural world. It is not only a brilliant work of science but also a clear, vivid, sometimes moving piece of popular writing that reflects both Darwin's genius and his boundless enthusiasm for our planet and its species.

Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin's family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships, social and professional, with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining, intriguing, and challenging, and are organised into thematic chapters, including botany and zoology as well as marriage and servants, that set them in an accessible narrative context. Darwin's famous remarks on women's intelligence in Descent of Man provide a recurring motif, and are discussed in the foreword by Gillian Beer, and in the introduction. The immediacy and variety of these texts make this an entertaining read which will suggest avenues for further research to students.

on esta obra, Charles Darwin present su teor a de la evoluci n mediante la selecci n natural que, pasados m s de cien a os, contin a siendo la base del estudio de la naturaleza para la biolog a actual. Gran xito desde su primera edici n, suscit vivas pol micas y su influencia se hizo notar no s lo en la comunidad cient fica, sino tambi n en toda la sociedad. La obra que puso las bases de la biolog a moderna, levantando una gran pol mica tras su publicaci n, no s lo en c rculos dedicados a la ciencia, sino tambi n a trav s del estamento religioso, que vio en este libro un atentado contra la palabra divina.