Darwin Author:Philip Appleman (Editor) A Norton Critical Edition - Selected and Edited by Philip Appleman - Texts, Backgrounds, Contemporary Opinion, Critical Essays — It is almost impossible to overstate the impact of Charles Darwin's work on Western civilization. As much as anyone in the modern era, he changed man's thinking, and his influence is still felt in virtually all aspects ... more »of our lives. From science and man's concept of society to philosophy, theology, and literary criticism, Darwin's legacy will be discussed and debated for centuries to come, as it has been in the past. That legacy is the core of "Darwin", edited by Philip Appleman. For the first time, the major texts of Darwin's work (including selections from Darwin's letters and notebooks, the Linnean Society Papers, "The Origin of Species", and "The Descent of Man") are brought together in one volume, along with a wealth of selections on every phase of Darwin's place in the history of Western man's thought.« less