The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits (Paperback)

from Biomusicologist

Most amazing...Darwin's theories in a nutshell, but also this is perhaps the one work in his oeuvre where the reader can most easily discover a sense of the man and his astute powers of observation and reason -- his mind at work, his humanity, and his love for nature. His last book, it outsold "O...

from Pauntley

Darwin's little book on earthworms was the last of his scientific works, published in the year before his death in 1882 and more than 20 years after the great work, On the Origin of Species. The Formation of Vegetable Mould has an autumnal feeling; much of it is based on observations and experime...

from Devil_llama

This little book is much shorter and more easily readable than most of Darwin's works. One of his final works, it is not as bound up in the wordy Victorian style, but still he manages to have the unmistakable Darwin style, packing the small volume with myriad examples, drawings, and tons of evide...

from Biomusicologist

Most amazing...Darwin's theories in a nutshell, but also this is perhaps the one work in his oeuvre where the reader can most easily discover a sense of the man and his astute powers of observation and reason -- his mind at work, his humanity, and his love for nature. His last book, it outsold "O...

from Pauntley

Darwin's little book on earthworms was the last of his scientific works, published in the year before his death in 1882 and more than 20 years after the great work, On the Origin of Species. The Formation of Vegetable Mould has an autumnal feeling; much of it is based on observations and experime...