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On the Origin of Species

Written by: Charles Darwin
Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion and a life-long committed Darwinist, abridges and reads this special audio version of Charles Darwin's famous book. A literally world-changing book, Darwin put forward the anti-religious and scientific idea that humans in fact evolved over millions of generations from animals, starting with fish, all the way up through the ranks to apes, then to our current form.

Dawkin's passion for his subject and hero are clear and exciting for listeners, who, whatever their religious or scientific views, will be intrigued and captivated by this involving production of arguably one of the most important books of all time.
©2006 CSA Telltapes Ltd. (P)2006 CSA Telltapes Ltd.
Essays World 19th Century Science Biological Sciences
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Very effective abridgement

Having read 'On the Origins of Species' in full, this abridged version does a wonderful job in getting to the essence of Darwin's opus by leaving out many of the numerous examples that he used to make his point. If the listener is new to this work, start here. However, I would encourage reading the full text. It is a classic for a reason.

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Been wanting to read this for years!!!

was a tough read on my own, so I opted to have it read TO me instead. lol I tend to re-listen to material that is a little tough to get through,so I'm plow through this again soon. very insightful, and detailed.

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The Origin of Evolutionary Theory

Given what we know about genes, Darwin's theories are more plausible today than they were when he was writing.

Had he known about the Great Extinctions, it might have shaken him a bit. But knowledge of the fossil record was too incomplete at the time.

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