Charles DarwinFrom So Simple a BeginningDarwin's Four Great BooksEdited, with introductions, by Edward O. Wilson A gorgeous gift and a landmark work that is an essential addition to everyone's personal library.
NEVER BEFORE have the four great works of
Charles Darwin—Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle (1845), The
Origin of Species (1859), The Descent of Man (1871), and
The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)—
been collected under one cover. Undertaking this
challenging endeavor 123 years after Darwin's death,
two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson has
written an introductory essay for the occasion, while
providing new, insightful introductions to each of the
four volumes and an afterword that examines the fate
of evolutionary theory in an era of religious resistance.
In addition, Wilson has crafted a creative new
index to accompany these four texts, which links the
nineteenth-century, Darwinian evolutionary concepts
to contemporary biological thought. Beautifully slipcased,
and including restored versions of the original
illustrations, From So Simple a Beginning turns our attention
to the astounding power of the natural creative
process and the magnificence of its products.
A Harvard professor for four decades, EDWARD O. WILSON has written twenty books and received numerous awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes and the 1976 National Medal of Science. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, with his wife, Irene. |
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November 2005 / hardcover / ISBN 0-393-06134-5 / 101 illustrations, map / 1504 pages / SCIENCE/EVOLUTION | |||||
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