An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

On the Origin of Species

Author: Charles Darwin

Referenced in 6 episodes

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Episodes Referencing This Book

August 11, 2024

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Referenced when discussing Darwin's theory of evolution and noting that he was too nervous to include his theory about human evolution in this earlier work

September 03, 2023

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Referenced in discussion of how Sade prefigured Darwinist ideas about survival of the fittest

December 15, 2022

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Referenced as Darwin's major work where the Galapagos finches feature as evidence for his theory of evolution by natural selection

August 01, 2022

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Gordon mentions that Darwin 'spends quite a bit of time in origin and species talking about pigeons' in relation to selective breeding and drawing analogies between artificial and natural selection.

December 09, 2021

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Mentioned in discussion of the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England, noting Darwin's work 'had just come out' about 10 years earlier, affecting how the visiting team was perceived

December 02, 2021

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Referenced in discussion about the timing of the Neanderthal discovery, noting it was announced around the same year (1859) as Darwin's famous work was published.