Charles Darwin · 2002
A scientific study presenting evidence and examples to explore the implications of natural selection.
Michael Nielsen values it for containing a wealth of evidence and examples that tease out the implications of natural selection.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“He writes this wonderful book, The Origin of Species. It's just so much evidence and so many examples, trying to tease this out and see what the implications are…”
Why: It contains a wealth of evidence and examples teasing out the implications of natural selection.
Michael Nielsen, Guest on Dwarkesh PodcastMichael Nielsen – How science actually progresses
Named without an opinion attached.
“So Principia Mathematica is released in 1687. The Origin of Species is released in 1859.”
Dwarkesh Patel, Host on Dwarkesh PodcastMichael Nielsen – How science actually progresses
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