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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02
Thomas Henry Huxley
420 pages~8 hr 22 min read20 chapters$4.99
Darwin's boldest defender takes up the pen. Huxley examines the Origin of Species, answers its critics, and weighs Haeckel's natural history of creation, championing evolution with the force that earned him his nickname. Combative, brilliant, and bracingly readable. Watch the theory of natural selection defended by its sharpest advocate.
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20 chapters
- 1Collected Essays
- 2Preface
- 3Contents
- 4I The Darwinian Hypothesis
- 5II The Origin Of Species
- 6III Criticisms On "The Origin Of Species"
- 7IV The Genealogy Of Animals The Natural History of Creation. By Dr. Ernst Haeckel. [Natürliche Schöpfungs-Geschichte.--Von Dr. Ernst Haeckel, Professor an der Universität Jena. Berlin, 1868.]
- 8V Mr. Darwin's Critics [*]
- 9VI Evolution In Biology
- 10VII The Coming Of Age Of "The Origin Of Species"
- 11VIII Charles Darwin
- 12IX The Darwin Memorial
- 13X Obituary From the Obituary Notices of the Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol. 44.
- 14XI On Our Knowledge Of The Causes Of The Phenomena Of Organic Nature
- 15I. The Present Condition Of Organic Nature
- 16II. The Past Condition Of Organic Nature
- 17III. The Method By Which The Causes Of The Present And Past Conditions Of Organic Nature Are To Be Discovered;--The Origination Of Living Beings
- 18IV. The Perpetuation Of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission And Variation
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