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Charles Robert Darwin, born in 1809, was an English naturalist who founded the theory of Darwinism, the belief in evolution as determined by natural selection. Although Darwin studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and then studied at Cambridge University to become a minister, he had been interested in natural history all his life. His grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, was a noted English poet, physician, and botanist who was interested in evolutionary development. Darwin's works have had an incalculable effect on all aspects of the modern thought. Darwin's most famous and influential work, On the Origin of Species, provoked immediate controversy. Darwin's other books include Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. Charles Darwin died in 1882. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Origin of Species… (more)
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Note that the Norton Critical Edition entitled "Darwin" is not written by Charles Darwin. It is a modern volume with numerous contributors, and edited by Philip Appleman. In addition, the rare work "Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle" was written by Nora Barlow, and is not the same work as Darwin's own "Voyage of the Beagle".

The Origin of Species 13,467 copies, 114 reviews
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Darwin (Norton Critical Edition) 617 copies, 4 reviews
On Natural Selection 554 copies, 4 reviews
The Illustrated Origin of Species 291 copies, 4 reviews
It Was Snowing Butterflies 156 copies, 4 reviews
The Darwin Reader 85 copies, 1 review
The Essential Darwin 80 copies, 1 review
Darwin's Forgotten World (Contributor) 44 copies
The Life of Erasmus Darwin 33 copies, 1 review
The Riverbank 12 copies
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Un naturalista en el Plata 2 copies, 1 review
L'Instinct 1 copy
Chiloé 1 copy
Darwin Now 1 copy
Geology 1 copy
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life (some editions) 3,032 copies, 36 reviews
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (Contributor, some editions) 528 copies, 8 reviews
The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology (Contributor) 369 copies, 3 reviews
Atheism: A Reader (Contributor) 179 copies, 3 reviews
The Portable Victorian Reader (Contributor) 173 copies
The Norton Book of Travel (Contributor) 108 copies, 1 review
The Darwin Wars: The Scientific Battle for the Soul of Man (Associated Name) 96 copies, 2 reviews
Meeting of Minds: First Series (Subject) 51 copies, 2 reviews
The Picador Book of Journeys (Contributor) 51 copies
The Book of the Sea (Contributor) 36 copies
Classic Essays in English (Contributor) 22 copies

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Note that the Norton Critical Edition entitled "Darwin" is not written by Charles Darwin. It is a modern volume with numerous contributors, and edited by Philip Appleman. In addition, the rare work "Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle" was written by Nora Barlow, and is not the same work as Darwin's own "Voyage of the Beagle".

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