The Origin of Species：By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

图书标准信息

• 作者 Charles Darwin（查尔斯·达尔文） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1999-06
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553214635
• 定价 29.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 512页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

ThepublicationofDarwin'sTheOriginofSpeciesin1859markedadramaticturningpointinscientificthought.ThevolumehadtakenDarwinmorethantwentyyearstopublish,inpartbecauseheenvisionedthestormofcontroversyitwascertaintounleash.Indeed,sellingoutitsfirsteditiononitsfirstday,TheOriginofSpeciesrevolutionizedscience,philosophy,andtheology.

Darwin'sreasoned,documentedargumentscarefullyadvancehistheoryofnaturalselectionandhisassertionthatspecieswerenotcreatedallatoncebyadivinehandbutstartedwithafewsimpleformsthatmutatedandadaptedovertime.Whethercommentingonhisownpoorhealth,discussinghisexperimentstotestinstinctinbees,orrelatingaconversationaboutaSouthAmericanburrowingrodent,Darwin'smonumentalachievementissurprisinglypersonalanddelightfullyreadable.Itsprofoundideasremaincontroversialeventoday,makingitthemostinfluentialbookinthenaturalscienceseverwritten—animportantworknotjusttoitstimebuttothehistoryofhumankind.

　　影响人类发展进程的划时代著作。1985年美国《生活》杂志评为人类有史以来最佳图书。1986年法国《读书》杂志推荐的最理想藏书之一。《物种起源》的问世，第一次让生物学建立在完全科学的基础之上。彻底推翻了“神创论”和“物种不变论”。

【作者简介】

CHARLESROBERTDARWINwasbornin1809inShrewsbury,England,toawealthyintellectualfamily,hisgrandfatherbeingthefamousphysicianErasmusDarwin.AtCambridgeUniversityheformedafriendshipwithJ.S.Henslow,aprofessorofbotany,andthatassociation,alongwithhisenthusiasmforcollectingbeetles,ledto"aburningzeal,"ashewroteinhisAutobiography,forthenaturalsciences.WhenHenslowobtainedforhimthepostofnaturalistonH.M.S.Beagle,thecourseofhislifewasfixed.Thefive-year-longvoyagetotheSouthernHemispherebetween1831and1836wouldlaythefoundationforhisideasaboutevolutionandnaturalselection.UponhisreturnDarwinlivedinLondonbeforeretiringtohisresidenceatDown,asecludedvillageinKent.Forthenextfortyyearsheconductedhisresearchthereandwrotetheworksthatwouldchangehumanunderstandingforever.Knowingoftheresistancefromtheorthodoxscientificandreligiouscommunities,DarwinpublishedTheOriginofSpeciesin1859onlywhenanothernaturalist,AlfredRusselWallace,independentlyreachedthesameconclusions.HisotherworksincludeTheDescentofMan,andSelectioninRelationtoSex(1871)andRecollectionsofMyMindandCharacter,alsotitledAutobiography(1887).CharlesDarwin'sDiaryoftheVoyageoftheH.M.S.Beaglewaspublishedposthumouslyin1933.Darwindiedin1882;heisburiedinWestminsterAbbey.

查理·达尔文(1809—1882年)，英国博物学家，进化论奠基者。22岁从剑桥大学毕业后．以博物学家的身份乘“贝格尔号”作历时五年的环旅行，并由此形成了生物进化的观点。l859年，达尔文发表划时代巨著——《物种起源》。震惊了科学界和整个世界。达尔文在该书中重点阐述并论证了高等生物是由低等生物逐渐演变而来的进化论思想，并提出了以自然选择、适者生存为基础的进化学说。进化论、能量守恒和转换定律、细胞学说，被恩格斯高度评价为“19世纪自然科学的三大发现”。

【目录】

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE　VARLATION UNDER DOMESTICATION

CHAPTER TWO　VARIATION UNDER NATURE

CHAPTER THREE　STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE 

CHAPTER FOUR　NATURAL SELECTION

CHAPTER FIVE　LAWS OF VARIATION

CHAPTER SIX　DIFFICULTIES ON THEORY

CHAPTER SEVEN　INSTINCT

CHAPTER EIGHT　HYBRIDISM

CHAPTER NINE　ON THE IMPER FECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD

CHAPTER TEN　ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC BEINGS

CHAPTER ELEVEN　GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 

CHAPTER TWELVE　GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION-continued

CHAPTER THIRTEEN　MUTUAL AFFINIES OF OR GANIG BEINGS:MORPHOLOGY:RUDIMENTARY ORGANS

CHAPTER FOURTEEN　RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION