| Jonathan Feinstein - 2006 - 592 strani
...to organisms living in a state of nature remained for some time a mystery to me."-" Then, he writes: "In October, 1838, that is, fifteen months after I...prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which evervwhere goes on from longcontinued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck... | |
| Stanley Shostak - 2012 - 262 strani
...common diseases and epidemics . . . infanticide, plague and famine." 8 Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) "happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population,...the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on ... [was] at once struck . . . that under these circumstances favourable variation would tend to be... | |
| Eric D. Beinhocker - 2006 - 556 strani
...predicted, humankind would lose. Darwin read Malthus's work and described his reaction in his autobiography: In October 1838, that is fifteen months after I had...begun my systematic enquiry, I happened to read for my amusement "Malthus on Population", and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence... | |
| 437 strani
...cell growth are not metaphorical. They reflect deep and important underlying principles of nature. In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to appreciate... | |
| Richard G. Bribiescas - 2006 - 330 strani
...message when working on his theory of evolution by natural selection. He noted in his 1876 autobiography: In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to appreciate... | |
| Nathaniel C. Comfort - 2007 - 196 strani
...period leading up to Darwin's crucial reading of Malthus — just as Darwin says in his autobiography: In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to appreciate... | |
| B. A. Lustig, B.A. Brody, Gerald P. McKenny - 2008 - 338 strani
...be applied to organisms living in a state of nature remained for some time a mystery to me." Then: In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had...struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long continued observations of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these... | |
| Michael Lewis - 2007 - 1476 strani
...Charles Darwin, in the passage of his autobiography devoted to the origin of The Origin of Species, n replace the value of its own consumption, without increasing in any respect the value of ... it once struck me that under these circumstances favorable variations would tend to be preserved... | |
| Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich - 2008 - 475 strani
...their biological characteristics to — the next generation. Darwin recalled in his autobiography: "In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to appreciate... | |
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