HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Darwin's ghost : The origin of species…
Loading...

Darwin's ghost : The origin of species updated (original 1999; edition 2000)

by Steve Jones

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
8431425,577 (3.67)24
A modern geneticist revisits Darwin's classic work to offer contemporary examples and modern research that confirm the book's conclusions on evolution.
Member:Careygrrl
Title:Darwin's ghost : The origin of species updated
Authors:Steve Jones
Info:New York : Random House, c2000.
Collections:Your library
Rating:
Tags:576.8/2

Work Information

Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated by Steve Jones (1999)

  1. 10
    On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (Noisy)
    Noisy: Things have moved on somewhat in the last one hundred and fifty years. These two books bear a re-read ahead of the bicentenary of Darwin's birth in 2009.
  2. 10
    The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (Booksloth)
  3. 00
    The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins (gward101)
None
Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 24 mentions

English (13)  Dutch (1)  All languages (14)
Showing 1-5 of 13 (next | show all)
Follows the framework of the origin, providing updated examples and analysis. Engaging and informative. Especially enjoyed the parts on evolution in bacteria and viruses and the biogeography explanations ( )
  cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |
brings Darwin to date and with such varied sentence structures - style
  wanderland | Jul 26, 2019 |
This book is a decent update on the Origin of Species, taking the original format, the same chapter headings, and then evaluating the state of the science in the current world. It would be an easier way to introduce students to Darwin, since it is much more modern in writing style, and not burdened with the long-winded Victorian style that would set most modern youngsters groaning in despair. ( )
  Devil_llama | May 10, 2011 |
Absolutley fabulous book covering everything about how we know evolution is what actually happened; just brilliant, took me forever and a day to read it but it was never a slow read, just thick and dense with fascinating facts and explanations. Highly recommended. ( )
  nocto | Dec 13, 2010 |
A look at Origin of Species from the vantage point of modern science. Lots of interesting facts, even if some, but not many, slightly dated already- the book was published 10 years ago. All in all, a huge affirmation of Darwin’s work and his achievements.
One complaint. Even though the book is very interesting, the style is sometimes convoluted. It doesn’t have the reading ease of Dawkins' books.

An interesting quote:

Too often, the notion of progress is used as a code word for perfection, the chain of being in a different guise. The term should be employed with caution. Some see an arrow of time in biology, as in physics, but in the opposite direction- a relentless tendency to improve, just as a universe has a built-in trend towards chaos and disorder. That is too optimistic. Some lineages get more complicated, some simpler, and much of life has to struggle to stay in the same place. If everyone is evolving, nobody can afford to stop, and there may be constant change with no overall advance at all. ( )
1 vote Niecierpek | Mar 30, 2010 |
Showing 1-5 of 13 (next | show all)
no reviews | add a review

» Add other authors (6 possible)

Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Steve Jonesprimary authorall editionscalculated
Bordwin, GabrielleCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this - we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of generl laws.
W. WHERWELL, Bridgewater Treatise
To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both.
BACON, Advancement of Learning
Dedication
To Alex and Anna Trench
First words
Two of the worst of all lines of English poetry, written in 1799 by John Hookham Frere:
'The feather'd race with pinions skim the air -
Not so the mackerel, and still less the bear!'
However poor that verse, it has a moral. The lines come from Frere's somewhat neglected work 'The Progress of Man; Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin'. Birds, Bears and fish carry a political message. Things are as they are and it is folly to change them. The French Revolution disturbed the God-given order: to proclaim the rights of man was as absurd as to suggest that mankind - or even bears - might fly.

(An historical sketch of the progress of opinion on the origin of species)
According to a 1991 opinion poll, a hundred million Americans believe that 'God created man pretty much in his present form at one time during the last tn thusand years'.

(Introduction)
Man has a strange relationship with his domestic animals. The Victorian explorer William Burchell found himself unable to eat zebra when he was near starvation in Africa, because of its resemblance to his favourite mare.

(Chapter I)
Quotations
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Original language
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

A modern geneticist revisits Darwin's classic work to offer contemporary examples and modern research that confirm the book's conclusions on evolution.

No library descriptions found.

Book description
Haiku summary

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (3.67)
0.5
1 2
1.5
2 8
2.5 5
3 30
3.5 8
4 46
4.5 1
5 23

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 203,228,536 books! | Top bar: Always visible