'Not even On the Origin of Species matches the breadth of thought reflected in the notebooks, and we will never understand the Origin correctly unless we bear this breadth in mind. . . . The editors bring us about as close to the pertinent circumstances surrounding Darwin's early...
Darwin's notebooks provide an invaluable record of his scientific thinking and most importantly, the development of his theory of natural selection. This edition of the notebooks, prepared to the highest standard of textual editing, thus affords a unified view of Darwin's professional...