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They described the anonymously published 1844 book as a radical, widely read work that preempted Darwin's ideas and sparked controversy, noting its author Robert Chambers remained hidden for decades.
there were two texts that were vital and we talked about one of them, the Malthus Principle of Population. In 1844, there was a book written called The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. It...
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Episode: Selects: How Charles Darwin Worked
They described the anonymously published 1844 book as a radical, widely read work that preempted Darwin's ideas and sparked controversy, noting its author Robert Chambers remained hidden for decades.
there were two texts that were vital and we talked about one of them, the Malthus Principle of Population. In 1844, there was a book written called The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. It was published anonymously for 40 years.
it was like a phenomenon. Everybody read it and everybody slammed it. It was hugely popular and it scared the crap out of Darwin because it contained many of the same ideas he had.