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On the Origin of Species

By: Charles Darwin
Narrated by: Peter Wickham
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Perhaps the most influential science book ever written, On the Origin of Species has continued to fascinate for more than a century after its initial publication. Its controversial theory that populations evolve and adapt through a process known as natural selection led to heated scientific, philosophical, and religious debate, revolutionizing every discipline in its wake. With its clear, concise, and surprisingly enjoyable prose, On the Origin of Species is both captivating and edifying.

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Public Domain (P)2016 Naxos AudioBooks Biological Sciences Biology Science
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I spent 35 years in science to find that the origin and evolution of a particular disease is caused by natural selection. it stared into my face for 35 years. Reading the book it is all there! naturally the genetics is missing, but even without knowing genetics the minute observations and their explanation render genetics obvious. would I have understood the book the same way 35 years ago, I don't know, but variation followed natural selection is certainly the most powerful insights into medicine one ever can have. Peter Wickham is a most wonderful narrator, giving me the feeling that Darwin is just sitting next to me, telling me about his ideas being most concerned about my understanding and feelings or objections. What a treat!

a book every physican scientist should read twice

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An excellently read edition: Wickham is clear, emotive, authoritative, & reads without (so far as I could tell, & which is nigh unheard of) a single pronunciational, grammatical-misreading, or intonal error.

On the text itself, it's worth noting that this recording is from Darwin's heavily revised 1872 edition of On the Origin of Species, which is the sixth version of the text first published in 1859: The text is therefore quite a lot longer than one might expect, & filled not only with explanation of the theory but with long sections which dispute with or refer to the work of nineteenth-century naturalists with whom the general reader is unlikely to be familiar. This makes this version somewhat more foreign to the modern reader, but also gives space for Darwin to work at a greater depth on certain matters, which is very helpful to one trying to understand the complexities of the theory as he proposed it.

Excellently read

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I could listen to Peter Wickham all day. A fantastic and enthralling subject beautifully delivered.

Superb narrator

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This is the atheists bible. Written so long ago, the amount of work undertaken to reach these conclusions is almost unimaginable. I loved it.

Incredible

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Wonderfully read great book of the last century covering Darwin's theories of evolution and survival of the fittest.

A great work delivered beautifully

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