The Cambridge Companion to Darwin

This volume offers clear, lively and balanced introductions to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacies. The contributors examine Darwin's main scientific ideas and their development; Darwin's science in the context of its times; the influence of Darwinian thought in recent debates; and the importance of Darwinian thought for the future of naturalist philosophy. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Darwin currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Darwin.