| Author | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 |
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| Editor | Darwin, Francis, Sir, 1848-1925 |
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| Title | The Autobiography of Charles Darwin |
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| Note | Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
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| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_Charles_Darwin |
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| Credits | Sue Asscher |
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| Summary | "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin" by Charles Darwin is a historical account written in the late 19th century, reflecting on the life and thoughts of one of the most influential scientists in history. The book covers Darwin's early life, education, and the development of his ideas that led to groundbreaking contributions to natural science, particularly his theory of evolution through natural selection. The opening portion of the work provides insights into Darwin's formative years, tracing his early memories, family life, and education. It highlights significant events, such as the impact of his mother’s death and his initial struggles with formal education, which he found lacking in engaging scientific content. Through anecdotes, Darwin reveals his childhood interests in natural history and collecting, indicating the seeds of curiosity that eventually blossomed into his revolutionary scientific inquiries. He discusses his interactions with peers and mentors, setting the stage for his later work on the HMS Beagle and the formative experiences that shaped his inquiries into the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
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| Language | English |
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| LoC Class | QH: Science: Natural history |
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| Subject | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 |
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| Subject | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species |
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| Subject | Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography |
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| Category | Text |
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| EBook-No. | 2010 |
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| Release Date | Dec 1, 1999 |
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| Most Recently Updated | Apr 26, 2022 |
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| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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| Downloads | 536 downloads in Charles Darwin - Biography
0 ratings0% found this document useful (0 votes) 359 views Charles Darwin was born in 1809 in England and studied at the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge. In 1831, he embarked on a five-year voyage around the world aboard the HMS Beagle. During this trip, Darwin began developing his theory of evolution by natural selection by observing wildlife in places like the Galapagos Islands. In 1859, he published On the Origin of Species, introducing his theory that species evolve over generations through natural selection. Darwin died in 1882 after making revolutionary contributions to the fields of biology and natural history. Copyright:Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC) Available FormatsDownload as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd 0 ratings0% found this document useful (0 votes) 359 views2 pages Charles Darwin was born in 1809 in England and studied at the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge. In 1831, he embarked on a five-year voyage around the world aboard the HMS Beagle. During this trip, Darwin began developing his theory of evolution by natural selection by observing wildlife in places like the Galapagos Islands. In 1859, he published On the Origin of Species, introducing his theory that species evolve over generations through natural selection. Darwin died in 1882 after making revolutionary contributions to the fields of biology and natural history. Original Description: Charles Darwin - Biography Copyright© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC) Available FormatsPDF, TXT or read online from Scribd Share this documentShare or Embed DocumentDid you find this document useful?Is this content inappropriate?Charles Darwin was born in 1809 in England and studied at the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge. In 1831, he embarked on a five-year voyage around the world aboard the HMS Beagle. During this trip, Darwin began developing his theory of evolution by natural selec The autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882Related papersThe Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, 1897 Emmett F Fields The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, 1897 Charles Darwin proved what Scientists, Scholars, burned-alive-philosophers, and intelligence, has been thinking for hundreds of years; that the creation myth of the Christian religion was False in Fact and Foundation. The Foundation of Christianity – and all god believing religions – is the priestly assumption that there was a preexisting, uncreated, unevolved, invisible, and impossible, creator-of-everything, that created the world and us. In the Christian myth, the rest of the endless Universe was an afterthought of no importance, all this in six days, and the impossible creator rested on the 7th day! In 1859 Charles Darwin published his long and meticulous Study of the Origin of Specious, and then his study of the Evolution of Man – The Descent of Man in 1872. These two extensive studies destroyed forever the myth of life, and man, being a special creation of a preexisting creator god. From the publication of ‘The Origin of Species’ in 1859, to World War One the struggle between the fact of Evolution, and the god-theory of creation, were in serious and constant debate. This continuous public exposure of the basic questions of Science, Freethought, and Religion in publications, lectures, debates, and public conversion, was a great stimulus of public enlightenment and thought. By 1900 the American public had embraced Freethought and Atheism to the degree that organized religion was in serious decline. In order for religion to regain its control of American society it was necessary that all books and publications, of Atheism and Freethought be removed from Libraries, Universities, and public view. Thus the greatest feat of censorship was achieved; by the 1950s most Americans had never heard of Freethought, and Atheist information was removed, slandered and vilified into silence. The book I prese I grew up in
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