Book · 1909 · Evolution
The Origin of Species
#232 of 16,760 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
- mentions
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- people
- 12
- podcasts
- 9
- episodes
- 15
- critical mentions
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Her book, Silent Spring, that book and Darwin’s Origin of Species are probably the two books by scientists that have had the biggest impact in the last century.
What they say about it
- Published in 1859“released in 1859”4
- Teenage reading“favorite books as a teenager”2
The best things said about it
He writes this wonderful book, The Origin of Species.
That's actually a quote from The Origin of Species, his his great book.
The Origin of Species where he sums up the entire theory of evolution.
One of his favorite books as a teenager was Darwin's The Origin of Species.
At age 13, Joseph read a copy of Darwin's The Origin of Species.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Charles Darwin’s foundational work on evolutionary biology, The Origin of Species, outlines the theory of evolution by natural selection and presents extensive evidence connecting biological and geological phenomena. On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans explained how the 1859 publication electrified Francis Galton and pushed him toward applying selective breeding ideas to humans. Jared Diamond compared the book to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring on Conversations with Tyler, noting that both are likely the two scientific books with the biggest impact in the last century. Discussing science progress on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Dwarkesh Patel and Michael Nielsen compared the book's release and conceptual difficulty to Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica, with Nielsen praising Darwin for connecting natural selection to biology and geology. Later on the same podcast, Patel also discussed the publication dates and conceptual simplicity relative to Newton's work. On Modern Wisdom, Dr Jerry Coyne noted that Darwin's book did not actually solve the specific problem of speciation, while Matt Ridley mentioned that Darwin briefly discussed sexual selection in the text and observed that his interest in natural selection seemed to wane following its publication.
Every mention
Matt Ridley well he mentioned the idea in the Origin of Species very briefly 4
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“well he mentioned the idea in the Origin of Species very briefly”
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“he's his interest in natural selection almost seems to dry up after the Origin of Species”
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“Even before he wrote The Origin of Species, he was saying, "I need to understand beauty."”
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“That's actually a quote from The Origin of Species, his his great book. He then returns to the topic at great length in The Descent of Man in 1871.”
Robert Evans And one of his favorite books as a teenager was Darwin's The Origin of Species. He fell madly in love with… 3
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“In the 1859 publication of The Origin of Species by his older cousin, Charles Darwin, electrified and inspired him.”
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“And one of his favorite books as a teenager was Darwin's The Origin of Species. He fell madly in love with the book and he pushed it on all of his friends.”
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“At age 13, Joseph read a copy of Darwin's The Origin of Species. He stayed up all night and told KK, his mom, "I love the book so much, Mommy, that I couldn't stop reading it."”
Dwarkesh Patel So Principia Mathematica is released in 1687. The Origin of Species is released in 1859. 2
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“So Principia Mathematica is released in 1687. The Origin of Species is released in 1859.”
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“The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Principia Mathematica was published in 1687. So The Origin of Species comes out two centuries after Principia. Conceptually, it seems like Darwin's theory is simpler.”
Dr Jerry Coyne But when I was working in the lab, I worked on the problem of speciation or the origin of species, which is… 1
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“But when I was working in the lab, I worked on the problem of speciation or the origin of species, which is of course the title of Darwin's 1859 book. It's a problem that Darwin didn't solve. So that's why I took it up when I was a graduate student. I think we know a lot more now. We certainly”
Jared Diamond Her book, Silent Spring, that book and Darwin’s Origin of Species are probably the two books by scientists… 1
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“Her book, Silent Spring, that book and Darwin’s Origin of Species are probably the two books by scientists that have had the biggest impact in the last century.”
Jeffrey Tucker he was a thoroughgoing Darwinian because she recall that Darwin had two great books Origin of Species the o… 1
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“he was a thoroughgoing Darwinian because she recall that Darwin had two great books Origin of Species the other was called The Descent of Man”
Jordan Peterson when Darwin first published his biological treaties, The Origin of Species, the New England pragmatists got… 1
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“when Darwin first published his biological treaties, The Origin of Species, the New England pragmatists got a hold of his manuscript, William James and C. S. Peirce.”
Lex Fridman so darwin wrote about the origin of species so what is the origin of intelligence 1
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“so darwin wrote about the origin of species so what is the origin of intelligence”
Michael Nielsen He writes this wonderful book, The Origin of Species. 1
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“He writes this wonderful book, The Origin of Species.”
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks don't forget charles darwin brought out a second edition of origin of species for the same reason that his… 1
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“don't forget charles darwin brought out a second edition of origin of species for the same reason that his his book also created controversy”
Vejas Liulevicius "Das Kapital" is intended to be the "Origin of Species" of its realm of economic thought and represents yea… 1
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“"Das Kapital" is intended to be the "Origin of Species" of its realm of economic thought and represents years and years of work of Marx laboring in the British Museum Library, working through statistics, working on little bits and pieces of a larger answer to big historical questions that he believes that he's arrived at.”
William Ury I said well you know Darwin could you know and I could give you the exact sentence you know on page 300 and… 1
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“I said well you know Darwin could you know and I could give you the exact sentence you know on page 300 and so of the Origin of Species where he sums up the entire theory of evolution”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“he didn't write it in origin of species”
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“If you just happen to have Charles Darwin at your university, and he happens to write The Origin of Species and sell a zillion copies, why wouldn't the university try to capitalize on it?”