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short profile major works other works works about Charles Darwin Scopes Trial of 1925 later works about Evolution Kindle Editions Darwin & Evolution links

“Evolution is a fact. Beyond reasonable doubt, beyond serious doubt, beyond sane,
informed, intelligent doubt, beyond doubt evolution is a fact.”
— Richard Dawkins

Charles Darwin [1809-82] entry at Wikipedia
Books To Ponder Page 2: Science, Religion & Evolution

Major Works
the complete works of Charles Darwin online

"On Evolution: The Development of the Theory of Natural Selection" [orig 1859] by Charles Darwin, edited by Thomas F. Glick & David Kohn Hackett Publng 9x6 pb [10/96] for $13.45 Hackett Publng 9x6 hardcover [10/96] for $39.95

http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Origin-Species-Books-Changed/dp/0802143466/
http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Charles-Darwin-1809-1882/dp/0393310698/ [1876]
http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-150th-Anniversary/dp/0451529065/
http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-Illustrated-Charles-Darwin/dp/1402756399/
http://www.amazon.com/origen-las-especies-Charles-Darwin/dp/1583487778/
kindle http://www.amazon.com/Species-Selection-Preservation-Favoured-Struggle/dp/B000JML90Y/
http://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Beagle-Charles-Researches-Classics/dp/014043268X/
http://www.amazon.com/Descent-Man-Charles-Darwin/dp/1605897043/
http://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Beagle-Researches-Countries-Classics/dp/0375756809/
http://www.amazon.com/Descent-Man-Concise-Charles-Darwin/dp/0452288886/
http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-Facsimile-First/dp/1592242863/
http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-Voyage-Beagle/dp/1400041279/
http://www.amazon.com/Expression-Emotions-Man-Animals/dp/1599869152/
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Charles-Darwin-Collection-ebook/dp/B001DDE1U8/
kindle http://www.amazon.com/Charles-including-editions-Published-MobileReference/dp/B001EW522E/
kindle http://www.amazon.com/Expression-Emotions-Man-Animals/dp/B001OQCM5A/
kindle http://www.amazon.com/Descent-Man-Selection-Relation-Sex/dp/B00143YL7A/
http://www.amazon.com/Descent-Man-Selection-Relation-Sex/dp/1402184352/
http://www.amazon.com/origen-hombre-Clasicos-literatura-Spanish/dp/8497648048/
http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-Illustrated-Charles-Darwin/dp/1402756399/

http://www.amazon.com/Darwin-Tormented-Evolutionist-Adrian-Desmond/dp/0393311503/
http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Darwins-Letters-Selection-1825-1859/dp/0521562120/
http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Species-Companions-Philosophy/dp/052169129X/
http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Darwin-Influence-Cambridge-Biographies/dp/0521566681/
http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-First-Four-Billion-Years/dp/067403175X/
http://www.amazon.com/Darwinian-Revolution-Science-Tooth-Claw/dp/0226731693/
http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Darwin-Very-Interesting-People/dp/B001SARBL2/
http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Very-Short-Introduction-Introductions/dp/0192802518/
http://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Evolution-Morphological-Construction-Reconstruction/dp/0226712036/
http://www.amazon.com/Remarkable-Creatures-Adventures-Search-Species/dp/015101485X/
http://www.amazon.com/So-Simple-Beginning-Expression-Emotions/dp/0393061345/
http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Darwin-Power-Janet-Browne/dp/0691114390/
http://www.amazon.com/Development-Darwins-Theory-Selection-1838-1859/dp/0521469406/
http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Origin-Species-Biography-Changed/dp/0871139537/
http://www.amazon.com/Tragic-Sense-Life-Struggle-Evolutionary/dp/0226712141/
http://www.amazon.com/Evolutionary-Writings-Including-Autobiographies-Classics/dp/0199208638/
http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Darwins-Beagle-Diary-1831-1836/dp/161534053X/
http://www.amazon.com/Charles-Darwins-Notebooks-Voyage-Beagle/dp/0521517575/
http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Origin-Species-Essays-written/dp/1434693953/
99% Ape: How Evolution Adds Up November 2008 A new book, edited by Jonathan Silvertown
http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Darwin-Viking-Library/dp/0140151095/

http://www.amazon.com/Autiobiography-Charles-Darwin-Forgotten-Books/dp/1606208721/
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Darwin-Charles/dp/0486452301/
http://www.amazon.com/Darwin-Reader-Charles/dp/0393969673/
http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Charles-Francis-Published-MobileReference/dp/B001EVQIM8/
http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Origin-Species-Charles-Darwin/dp/0554394855/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Autobiography-of-Charles-Darwin/dp/B001B0LONU/
http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-Charles-Darwin/dp/1604592435/
http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Charles-Darwin/dp/1615340505/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Autobiography-of-Charles-Darwin/dp/B001GO05G8/
http://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Charles-Darwin-ebook/dp/B001VNCB3Y/
http://www.amazon.com/What-Evolution-Ernst-Mayr/dp/0465044263/
http://www.amazon.com/Darwin-Discovering-Tree-Niles-Eldredge/dp/0393059669/
http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Gift-Francisco-Ayala/dp/0309102316/
http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Triumph-Idea-Carl-Zimmer/dp/0061138401/
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Creationism-National-Academy-Sciences/dp/0309064066/
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Darwin-Matters-Against-Intelligent/dp/0805083065/
http://www.amazon.com/Darwin-Beginners-Jonathan-Miller/dp/0375714588/ref=pd_sim_b_25
Darwin issue of Smithsonian Magazine Feb 2009
http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Camera-Photography-Theory-Evolution/dp/0195150317/

Other Works

	"Origins: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin, 1822-1859" [orig 1996, expanded 2008] Edited by Frederick Burkhardt Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [6/2008] for $18.48
	"Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin, 1860-1870" [2008] Edited by Frederick Burkhardt, Allison M. Pearn & Samantha Evans Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [6/2008] for $20.44
	"Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters" [2008] Edited by Frederick Burkhardt Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [9/2008] for $21.12

Works About Charles Darwin

Darwin: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Howard 9780192854544
Darwin's Sacred Cause bio by Desmond & Moore
The Darwin Adventure (1972) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068446/
"The Voyage of Charles Darwin" (1978) TV series /tt0216517/
Darwin (1993) (TV) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106672/
Darwin's Daughter (2002) (TV) /tt1059187/
"Evolution" (2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318218/awards
Mrs. Darwin (2009) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300857/
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009) (TV) /tt1371711/

"Creation: The True Story of Charles Darwin" biopic   [B.B.C. Films/Newmarket U.K. Sept 2009, USA Jan 2010] A world-renowned scientist living in a small English village formulates a theory in direct conflict with religious dogma – 'the most dangerous idea in history' – tearing apart his marriage but eventually bringing about a global revolution in science. Directed by Jon Amiel; script by John Collee, based on the Randal Keynes biography {below}; starring real-life couple Paul Bettany & Jennifer Connelly DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Darwin, His Daughter & Human Evolution" [2002] by Randal Keynes The author is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin and inherited from his grand-mother the writing case of Darwin's beloved daughter Annie, who died at the age of fifteen; this biography provides rare insight into the family's private world, giving a fuller picture of one of our most original thinkers, as well as a wealth of previously unseen material. Riverhead Trade 8x5½ movie tie-in pb [11/2009] for $10.80 Riverhead Trade 8x5½ pb [11/2002] for $11.25 Riverhead 9x6 hardcover [1/2002] out of print/used

The Scopes Trial of 1925

Scopes vs. State of Kentucky 'monkey trial' entry at Wikipedia

	"Six Days or Forever?: Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes" [1958] by Ray Ginger Oxford Univ Press 8x5½ pb [9/74] out of print/many used Beacon Press hardcover [1958] out of print/used
	"The Great Monkey Trial" [1968] by L. Sprague de Camp Doubleday 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1968] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia

"The Great Monkey Trial: Science Versus Fundamentalism In America"
[grades 7-12; 1990] by Tom McGowen
Franklin Watts 9¼x6¼ library hardcover [10/90] out of print/used

	"The Scopes Trial: A Brief History With Documents" [2002] by Jeffrey P. Moran St. Martin's Bedford 8x5½ pb [3/2002] for $11.38 Palgrave Macmillan 8¼x5½ hardcover [4/2002] out of print/used
	"A Religious Orgy In Tennessee: A Reporter's Account of The Scopes Monkey Trial" [2006] by H.L. Mencken Melville House Publng 7½x5½ pb [9/2006] for $16.95 H.L. Mencken [1880-1956] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
	"Reframing Scopes: Journalists, Scientists & Lost Photographs From The Trial of The Century" [2008] by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette Univ Press KS hardcover [4/2008] for $45.00

"Alleged" feature film [scheduled for 2010 release] /title/tt1516009/

"Inherit The Wind"
stageplay credits at Internet Broadway Database

playscript [1955] by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee The Scopes 'monkey trial' of 1925 was a sensational debate over Darwinian evolution and the first U.S. trial broadcast on national radio. The play's Henry Drummond lawyer character was modelled on Clarence Darrow, lawyer Matthew Harrison Brady was modelled on politician William Jennings Bryan, and the E.K. Hornbeck reporter character was modelled on H.L. Mencken. Ballantine mass pb [11/2003] for $6.99 Dramatists Play Service 8x5¼ pb [1/96] for $6.50

feature film [United Artists October 1960] Directed by Stanley Kramer; script by Nedrick Young & Harold Jacob Smith, based on the 1955 play; starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan, Claude Akins, Noah Beery Jr. & Norman Fell; Oscar nomi- nations for Best Adapted Script, Best Actor {Tracy}, Best Cinematography & Best Editing, BAFTA noms for Best Film & Best Actors (Tracy & March} M.G.M. b&w DVD [11/2001] for $10.99 M.G.M. b&w VHS [2/97] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb

1965 NBC tv movie starring Melvyn Douglas & Ed Begley
full credits from IMDb
1988 NBC tv movie starring Kirk Douglas, Jason Robards & Darren McGavin
full credits from IMDb
1999 MGM/Showtime tv movie starring Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott & Beau Bridges
full credits from IMDb

Later Works About Evolution

"Intelligent design cannot explain Darwinian evolution. Darwin's whole point is that variation
and change are random and without higher purpose. We cannot imagine that God designed
this disproof of His own existence." — James K. Galbraith

	"Evolution: The History of An Idea" [1984] by Peter J. Bowler Univ CA Press 9x6 3rd edition pb [7/2003] for $24.95
	"Introducing Evolution" [2001] by Dylan Evans & Howard Selina Icon/Totem 8¼x5½ pb [11/2005] for $11.01 Icon/Totem 8¼x5½ pb [12/2001] for $11.95
	"Evolution: The Remarkable History of A Scientific Theory" [2004] by Edward J. Larson RH/Modern Library 7¼x5 hardcover [5/2005] for $15.61 Recorded Books audio [12/2004] out of print/used
	"The Science of Evolution and The Myth of Creationism: Knowing What's Real & Why It Matters" [2006] by Ardea Skybreak Insight Press 10x7 pb [9/2006] for $18.96 Insight Press 10x7¼ hardcover [9/2006] for $29.70
	"Evolution: A Scientific American Reader" [2006] by Editors of Scientific American Magazine Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [9/2006] for $14.96 Univ Chicago Press 9x6¼ hardcover [9/2006] for $65.00
	"Human Evolution" wall chart poster 24"x36" color poster available for $8.99 at AllPosters.com see larger version (in new window)
	"Why Evolution Is True" [2009] by Jerry A. Coyne Penguin 8½x5½ pb [1/2010] for $10.80   Viking 9x6¼ hardcover [1/2009] for $18.45
	"The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence For Evolution" [2009 bestseller] by Richard Dawkins Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital [9/2009] for $14.99 Free Press pb [8/2010] for $11.55   Free Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2009] for $19.80 author's official website
	"What Darwin Got Wrong" [FS&G 2/2010] by Jerry Fodor & Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini "Beyond distorting the scientific literature, F & P make a number of claims that are simply silly ... I've pondered long and hard how two thoughtful intellectuals could go so wrong." — reviewer Prof. Jerry A. Coyne — DO NOT BUY THIS GARBAGE !

Kindle Editions

Kindle Editions by/about Charles Darwin at Amazon

"Works of Charles Darwin" for Kindle [2008] Kindle Edition from MobileReference [8/2008] for $4.79 contains: all published works 1839 to 1881, including "On The Origin of Species" (1st, 2nd & 6th editions); autobiography [1887]; and two-volume "Letters" [1887]

Links

Celebrating Darwin's Bicentenary {Natural History Museum in London, U.K.}
February 12th, the birthday of Charles Darwin, is celebrated as Darwin Day
http://www.DarwinProject.ac.UK etexts
http://www.thesecondevolution.com/darwin_intro.html
Darwin Festival [est. 1980] at Salem College in Massachusetts

Charles Darwin poster category at AllPosters.com

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