达尔文(Charles Robert Darwin,1809-1882)英国博物学家,进化论的奠基人。1809年2月12日,出生于英国医生家庭。1825年至1828年在爱丁大学学医,后进入剑桥大学学习神学。1831年从剑桥大学毕业后,以博物学家的身份乘海军勘探船“贝格尔号(Beagle)”作历时5年(1831-1836)的环球旅行,观察和搜集了动物、植物和地质等方面的大量材料,经过归纳整理和综合分析,形成了生物进行的概念。1859年出版《物种起源(On the Origin of Species)》一书,全面提出以自然选择(Theoty of Natural Selection)为基础的进化学说。该书出版震动当时的学术界,成为生物学史上的一个转折点。自然选择的进化学说对各种唯心的神造论、目的论和物种不变论提出根本性的挑战。使当时生物学各领域已经形成的概念和观念发生根本性的改变。随后达尔文又发表了《动物和植物在家养下的变异(The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication ,1868)》、《人类由来及性的选择(The Descent of Man ,1871)》和《人类和动物的表情(The Expression of the Emotions in Animals and Man,1872)》等书,对人工选择作了系统的叙述,并提出性选择及人类起源的理论,进一步充实了进化学说的内容。
'can we doubt ...that individuals having any advantage, however slight, over others, would have the best chance of surviving and of procreating their kind?' In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world. His insistence on the immense length of the past and on the abundance of life-forms, present and extinct, dislodged man from his central position in creation and called into question the role of the Creator. He showed that new species are achieved by natural selection, and that absence of plan is an inherent part of the evolutionary process. Darwin's prodigious reading, experimentation, and observations on his travels fed into his great work, which draws on material from the Galapagos Islands to rural Staffordshire, from English back gardens to colonial encounters. The present edition provides a detailed and accessible discussion of his theories and adds an account of the immediate responses to the book on publication. The resistances as well as the enthusiasms of the first readers cast light on recent controversies, particularly concerning questions of design and descent. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
来源:http://epaper.gmw.cn/zhdsb/html/2014-01/29/nw.D110000zhdsb_20140129_1-09.htm?div=-1 编者按:译林出版社日前出版由现供职于美国堪萨斯大学自然历史博物馆暨生物多样性研究所的苗德岁教授翻译的《物种起源》。在前不久举行的“新译《物种起源》出版沙龙”上,中科院...
评分长句子翻译的非常晦涩,而且不符合中国人的阅读习惯,完全是按英文从句套从句的句式来翻。总之很多分析类的句子,你读十遍也未必能理解含义。只有叙述性的句子比较好理解。文字上别说生动,就连顺畅都难以达到。 这并非内容专业深浅的问题,而是中文翻译的能力...
评分最初接到《物种起源》的编辑任务时,心中不是没有疑问的:“这本毫无新鲜感的‘老书’,国内有那么多译本,还有必要重新出版吗?”当获悉该书是我们的副社长和其他编辑人员几经周折,终于请到著名的古生物学家苗德岁执笔翻译时,我的疑问更是加深了。然而在经过一系列编...
评分来源:http://epaper.gmw.cn/zhdsb/html/2014-01/29/nw.D110000zhdsb_20140129_1-09.htm?div=-1 编者按:译林出版社日前出版由现供职于美国堪萨斯大学自然历史博物馆暨生物多样性研究所的苗德岁教授翻译的《物种起源》。在前不久举行的“新译《物种起源》出版沙龙”上,中科院...
评分生活中似是而非的东西还少吗?知识爆炸的年头,人们反而都不读书了,热衷于在网上寻找信息快餐。绝大多数人没有时间,更可能是没有意愿,阅读厚重的大书,所以越是伟大的思想,存在的误解越多,往往是来自对事物道听途说的人。甚至其他事情也一样,好象没有踏足印度的朋友告诫...
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评分历时四个月 终于读完了 然而project还是不知道怎么写。。
评分伟大的生命之书,更是一本生存之书,自然界的圣经和宗教的圣经地位可以旗鼓相当,也难怪在威斯敏斯特修道院里,达尔文的陵墓赫然屹立在中堂。没有信仰,不妨阅读此书,生存生活的道理孕育其中。难怪人类哲学史上必把达尔文的生物进化论作为思想体系中最重要的章节之一。膜拜!推荐!
评分Descent with modification through generations results in natural selection.Read in Blinkist.
评分Descent with modification through generations results in natural selection.Read in Blinkist.
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