The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Name: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Charles Darwin
ISBN: 9798868660610

Author: Charles Darwin

Narrator: Andrew Jackson

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Loudly

Published: 03/21/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Life Sciences

Synopsis

"The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" is a seminal work by Charles Darwin, first published in 1872. In this book, Darwin explores the ways in which humans and animals express their emotions through facial expressions, body language, and vocalizations. He delves into the evolutionary origins of these expressions, suggesting that they have adaptive significance and are rooted in our shared ancestry with other species.

About Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin, a British naturalist, geologist, biologist, and author, revolutionized the science of biology by developing the theory of evolution by natural selection. Among his important works are On the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man. A journal that he kept during a five-year journey on the HMS Beagle eventually was published as The Voyage of the Beagle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Corinne on September 16, 2015

Let me tell you how I got to this book. You may already know the dictum of Jean Paul Sartre about animals as ‘animated things’, that is animals are moving things without emotions. This has revolted me always, but only recently I delved into this, subsequent to my encounter with a calf. I have been ob......more

Goodreads review by Meirav on May 12, 2008

This book is more a historical document than a scientific paper, by today's requirements for scientific documents. Darwing collects here his notes on the expressions of humans with a single chapter about animals and some referrences to monkeys, so the title is highly misleading (it annoyed me, anyway......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on November 03, 2011

Warning: if you read this book in a public space - like, say, a Subway - you will absent-mindedly start contorting your face in line with the facial expressions described in this book.......more