Author(s): Darwin, Charles
Reader(s): Wickham, Peter
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Catalogue No: NA0229
Barcode: 9781843799689
Release Date: 01/2016

DARWIN, C.: On the Origin of Species (Unabridged)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Darwin, Charles - Author
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
1On the Origin of Species11:33
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Chapter I: Variation Under Domestication…09:41
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Effects of Habit and of the Use or Disuse…10:18
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Character of Domestic Varieties…11:02
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Breeds of the Domestic Pigeon…08:08
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6An argument of great weight…11:30
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7Principles of Selection Anciently Followed…10:08
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 2
1Unconscious Selection12:36
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Circumstances Favourable to Man's Power…08:31
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Chapter II: Variation Under Nature10:02
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Doubtful Species10:03
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Many of the cases of strongly marked varieties…09:06
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6Wide-Ranging, Much Diffused…07:24
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7These facts are of plain signification…08:14
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 3
1Chapter III: Struggle for Existence14:42
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Nature of the Checks to Increase08:28
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Complex Relations of All Animals…11:52
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Struggle for Life Most Severe Between…05:39
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Chapter IV: Natural Selection…11:53
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6In order that any great amount of modification…08:57
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7Sexual Selection13:26
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 4
1It may be worthwhile to give another…09:13
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2On the Intercrossing of Individuals11:48
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Circumstances Favourable…06:56
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4The mere lapse of time by itself does nothing…08:31
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Extinction Caused by Natural Selection…14:07
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6The Probable Effects of the Action…08:41
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7In a large genus it is probable that more…09:33
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 5
1We have seen that in each country…12:23
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Convergence of Character13:28
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Chapter V: Laws of Variation08:30
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4In some cases we might easily put down…09:14
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5Acclimatisation07:21
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6Correlated Variation11:52
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7Multiple, Rudimentary…14:48
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 6
1Secondary Sexual Characters Variable12:29
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2The difficulty in distinguishing variable species…07:49
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3What now are we to say to these several facts?09:00
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Chapter VI: Difficulties of the Theory08:15
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5As allied or representative species…07:28
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6On the Origin and Transition of Organic…07:59
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7I will now give two or three instances…07:43
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
8Organs of Extreme Perfection…07:41
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
9It is scarcely possible to avoid comparing…07:20
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 7
1In considering transitions of organs…12:37
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Fritz Müller argues that this close similarity…11:33
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Organs of Little Apparent Importance,…08:36
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Utilitarian Doctrine, How Far True…13:43
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Summary: The Law of Unity of Type…08:00
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6Chapter VII: Miscellaneous Objections…07:39
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7There is much force in the above objection.08:17
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
8In many Compositae and Umbelliferae…08:15
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 8
1Although we have no good evidence…09:09
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Why, in other quarters of the world…09:40
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Nor can I see any force in M. Mivart's difficulty…09:05
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Returning to the whales.10:03
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5I may give another instance of a structure…10:44
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6In certain genera of star-fishes these organs…11:33
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7We will now turn to climbing plants.08:12
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
8With the giraffe, the continued preservation…07:57
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 9
1Everyone who believes in slow and gradual…09:06
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Chapter VIII: Instinct11:34
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3That the mental qualities of animals…09:19
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Special Instincts13:34
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Slave-Making Instinct11:06
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6Cell-Making Instinct of the Hive-Bee12:54
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7Huber's statement, that the very first cell…10:28
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 10
1Objections to the Theory of Natural…10:19
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2It will indeed be thought that I have…10:26
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Chapter IX: Hybridism09:24
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Now let us turn to the results…10:08
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Laws Governing the Sterility…09:26
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6Considering the several rules now given…07:52
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7Origin and Causes of the Sterility…08:53
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
8In regard to the sterility of hybrids…09:24
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 11
1The infertility which may be observed…08:10
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Fertility of Varieties When Crossed…10:46
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Hybrids and Mongrels Compared…14:20
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Chapter X: On the Imperfection…08:59
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5We have, however, recently learned…09:11
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6On the Poorness of Palaeontological…08:10
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7I am convinced that nearly all our ancient…09:17
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
8We may safely infer that with marine animals…09:08
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 12
1With animals and plants that propagate rapidly…09:41
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2On the Sudden Appearance of Whole…10:14
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3On the Sudden Appearance of Groups…12:25
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Chapter XI: On the Geological Succession…10:18
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5On Extinction11:45
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6On the Forms of Life Changing Almost…11:19
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7On the Affinities of Extinct Species…11:25
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 13
1On this same theory, it is evident that the fauna…08:58
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2The problem whether organisation…10:10
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3It may be asked in ridicule whether I suppose…10:45
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Chapter XII: Geographical Distribution09:50
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5There is no evidence, as was remarked…10:50
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6Means of Dispersal10:58
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7Living birds can hardly fail to be highly effective…10:39
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 14
1Dispersal During the Glacial Period13:45
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Alternate Glacial Periods in the North…12:24
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3The Glacial period, as measured by years…10:41
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Chapter XIII: Geographical Distribution…11:33
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5On the Inhabitants of Oceanic Islands09:48
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6Absence of Batrachians and Terrestrial…10:37
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7On the Relations of the Inhabitants…04:29
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 15
1The same law which has determined…12:34
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Summary of the Last and Present Chapters08:13
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Chapter XIV: Mutual Affinities…10:53
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Numerous instances could be given…08:24
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5But I must explain my meaning more fully.12:02
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6Analogical Resemblances13:27
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7On the Nature of the Affinities…11:27
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 16
1Morphology13:46
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Development and Embryology07:54
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3The embryo in the course of development…08:54
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4As we have conclusive evidence…13:37
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Rudimentary, Atrophied, and Aborted…06:45
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6Rudimentary organs in the individuals…10:20
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7Summary03:54
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 17
1Chapter XV: Recapitulation and Conclusion10:39
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2On this doctrine of the extermination…08:45
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Variability is not actually caused by man…10:13
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Many other facts are, as it seems to me…11:33
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Looking to geographical distribution…08:30
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6I have now recapitulated the facts…10:15
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7It may be asked how far I extend the doctrine…08:31
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
8When we can feel assured…06:46
Wickham, Peter (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 21:02:15