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Gruber’s Darwin on Man is both the canonical study of Darwin’s intellectual journey toward the idea of natural selection and one of the most insightful books on scientific creativity ever written.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
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Darwin, Charles. Voyage of the Beagle. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2002.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
Darwin’s greatest single influence was Adam Smith. Smith believes in the ‘invisible hand’ of the market. He says it
Juan José Millás • Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal
all Darwin’s theories are based on proving that the watch made itself. In other words, that nature doesn’t require intelligent design.
Juan José Millás • Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal
Others, including Priestley and both Darwins, used their commonplace books as a repository for a vast miscellany of hunches.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
“In some respects,” Gruber concluded, “Charles Darwin’s greatest works represent interpretative compilations of facts first gathered by others.” He was a lateral-thinking integrator.