Books for International Darwin Day

By Coll Rowe | February 11 2025 | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

For International Darwin Day on February 12th, we are sharing books to inspire scientific thinking and promote education in commemoration of the birthday of Charles Darwin.

Darwin
Darwin
Portrait of a Genius
Paul Johnson
9780147509772

Acclaimed historian and biographer Paul Johnson turns his keen eye on Charles Darwin, the towering figure whose work continues to spur scientific debate.

$24.00 US
Sep 24, 2013
Paperback
176 Pages
Penguin Books
Vanishing Treasures
Vanishing Treasures
A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Katherine Rundell
9780385550826
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM BOSTON GLOBE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, AND MORE! • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Rundell comes a “rare and magical book” (Bill Bryson) reckoning with the vanishing wonders of our natural world"This celebration of seahorses, lemurs, and others doubles as a wake-up call: look around and protect what you love.” —Boston Globe
$26.00 US
Nov 12, 2024
Hardcover
224 Pages
Doubleday
From Darwin to Derrida
From Darwin to Derrida
Selfish Genes, Social Selves, and the Meanings of Life
David Haig
9780262043786

Evolutionary biologist David Haig explains how a physical world of matter in motion gave rise to a living world of purpose and meaning.

$39.95 US
Mar 31, 2020
Hardcover
512 Pages
The MIT Press
Darwin for Beginners
Darwin for Beginners
Jonathan Miller, Borin Van Loon
9780375714580
The Beginner Books—”Their cartoon format and irreverent wit make difficult ideas accessible and entertaining.” —Newsday
$18.00 US
Jul 15, 2003
Paperback
176 Pages
Pantheon
The Portable Darwin
The Portable Darwin
Charles Darwin
9780140151091

Includes five chapters from The Origin of Species, complete and unabridged; significant extracts from The Voyage of the Beagle, The Descent of Man, and The Variations of Animals and Plants; scientific papers, travel writings, letters, and a family memorial; plus a chronology and biography.

$26.00 US
Nov 01, 1993
Paperback
592 Pages
Penguin Classics
Angels and Ages
Angels and Ages
Lincoln, Darwin, and the Birth of the Modern Age
Adam Gopnik
9780307455307
In this captivating double life, Adam Gopnik searches for the men behind the icons of emancipation and evolution. Born by cosmic coincidence on the same day in 1809 and separated by an ocean, Lincoln and Darwin coauthored our sense of history and our understanding of man’s place in the world. Here Gopnik reveals these two men as they really were: family men and social climbers, ambitious manipulators and courageous adventurers, grieving parents and brilliant scholars. Above all we see them as thinkers and writers, making and witnessing the great changes in thought that mark truly modern times.
$19.00 US
Feb 09, 2010
Paperback
256 Pages
Vintage
The Voyage of the Beagle
The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches
Charles Darwin
9780140432688

Charles Darwin’s account of the momentous voyage which set in motion the current of intellectual events leading to The Origin of Species.

$17.00 US
Nov 07, 1989
Paperback
448 Pages
Penguin Classics
The Evolution of Beauty
The Evolution of Beauty
How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - and Us
Richard O. Prum
9780345804570
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, SMITHSONIAN, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL
$21.00 US
Apr 03, 2018
Paperback
448 Pages
Vintage
The Descent of Man
The Descent of Man
Charles Darwin
9780140436310

Applying his controversial theory of evolution to the origins of the human species, Charles Darwin’s The Descent of Man was the culmination of his life’s work.

$22.00 US
Jun 29, 2004
Paperback
864 Pages
Penguin Classics
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