Darwin: A Very Short Introduction

• There is a huge interest in Dawin and evolution, and the developments of his ideas are still controversial
• Darwin's theory of evolution revolutionized not only biology, but the world view of ordinary people, by undermining belief in God's creation

Readership: General readers interested in Darwin and evolution; students of evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology.

Jonathan Howard, Professor of Cell Genetics, Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany

"Jonathan Howard has produced an intellectual tour de force, a classic in the genre of popular scientific exposition which will still be read in fifty years' time." - Times Literary Supplement

List of Illustrations
1: Darwin's life
2: The foundations of Darwinism
3: Natural selection and the origin of species
4: The evidence for evolution by natural selection
5: Sex, variation, and heredity
6: Man
7: Perfection and progress
8: Darwinism and ideology
9: Darwin as a scientist: an evaluation
Further Reading
Index