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On the Origin of Species

By: Charles Darwin
Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
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About this listen

 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. 19th Century Biological Sciences Biology Essays Evolution Evolution & Genetics History History & Philosophy Modern Science World Nonfiction Genetics

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what can one say? only an expression of humility in hearing the words of a book which changed the world.
A wonderful piece of scholarship, splendidly read by Richard Dawkins. what a delight for him and for us.
Ken Bradley.

a privilege

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A must read for anyone interested in evolution or a good contrast to the few open minded creationists.

Good read

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Totally wonderful, accessible reading by someone whose own profound understanding of the facts of evolution - and the implications - is second to none. I feel so grateful to have such ease of access to this text and, therefore, to the illumined mind of Darwin himself.

All gratitude to Darwin and Dawkins

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must have been such an controversy when the book was released 200 years ago .

awesome

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Charles Darwin’s theory is a fascinating grand tour through the genealogy of the natural world and is beautifully set out. The reading and editing by Richard Dawkins is excellent

Fundamental and fascinating

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This was much less dry than I had expected. Very informative of the beginning of what is now a commonplace.

Very accessible

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Darwin's exposition of natural selection was way ahead of its time. His diction and eloquence are matched by Dawkins' well-spokenness. The perfect narrator for this masterpiece.

Excellent listen

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Amazing observations and insight. So we’ll written and we’ll read too. Darqwin was a genius. Highly ecommended.

Masterpiece

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I like that there are so few editors notes as too many would have been annoying. The few "editors notes" that this book does have, don't try to tell me how to interpret Darwin's words, which I appreciate and are actually surprisingly helpful.

I would recommend this to anyone who wants to revise the key points of Darwins theory.

Well abridged

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Darwin's wonderful, brave and insightful realisation read admirably by one of his modern day champions.

truly a classic! everyone should listen to/read

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