The Quotable Darwin

By Charles Darwin, Janet Browne

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Science & Math

Darwin biographer Janet Browne collects quotations from Charles Darwin's books, letters, notebooks and autobiography. Organized by theme, the selections cover evolution and natural selection, but also his family, health, travels, religious doubts, work habits and views on human nature. Browne's introductions place the quotations in context and show the many sides of Darwin. The result is a lively portrait of one of history's most influential scientists in his own words.

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• Shane Parrish: “There is so much more to Darwin than The Origin of Species. Janet Browne does an excellent job picking out the signal from the noise. Darwin was a verbose writer and this book is an afternoon read with timeless insights on marriage, mankind, himself, and, of course, evolution”