Author
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist, author of the theory of evolution by natural selection. He wrote his recollections in 1876 for his children, and they were printed after his death, in 1887.
Books in Livria
- The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
His father predicted the boy would be a disgrace to the family, and his teachers thought him rather below average. At sixty-seven, Charles Darwin took an honest look at how that boy came to write On the Origin of…
- The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
Why do humans have useless ear muscles, a conscience and a sense of beauty? Charles Darwin gathered the evidence that man descended from an ancient animal ancestor by the same laws as every other living thing. You will…
- The Voyage of the Beagle
Five years around the world on a small naval ship. Bones of extinct giants in the Pampas, an earthquake that lifted the coast of Chile, tortoises that differ from one Galapagos island to the next, and rings of coral in…
- On the Origin of Species
Why is the woodpecker's beak made just right for bark, and why do faraway islands have no frogs but plenty of bats? Charles Darwin spent twenty years gathering facts: he bred pigeons, counted weed seedlings, kept seeds…
- The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Why do the eyebrows rise into a little peak in grief, and why does the face burn with shame? Charles Darwin watched babies, dogs and people from many nations for years and found an explanation: our facial expressions…