ISBN : 2738485758
DARWINISM AND THE GEOGRAPHICAL IMAGINA TI ON IN AUSTRALIA, 1860-1945
Joseph M. Powell
The enduring power of Charles Darwin's writings is no doubt best exhibited in the compelling accumulation of scientific discoveries which have unfailingly, if sometimes obliquely, acknowledged a debt to On the Origins of Species ( Darwin 1859 ). But it seems a truism that even the most remarkable piece of writing may derive as much notoriety from its echoes, shadows and reflections as from its initial appearance.