Darwin and natural selection

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: CollectiveUnconscious
I'm reviewing a collegue's manuscript, and he brings up the history of Charles Darwin and the formation of his works. It reminded me why I always had a subtle distaste for the man. Why do we claim Darwinism and "survival of the fittest" (Darwin Awards, for instance) when it was Wallace who stated those ideas first, and, in fact, sent them to Darwin himself? Now, I know Darwin didn't want to publish those ideas as his own (Lyell was a strong influence in that), but it still makes me a little irked to hear people associate Darwinism and "survival of the fittest." These are but late night musings of a bored man. Discuss at will.

Read Darwin's publications and then comment on hiw body of work:

Free editions of Darwin's publications online
Darwin Online: Table of Contents (Complete bibliography of works, including alternative editions, contributions to books & periodicals, correspondence & life) Free to read, but not Public Domain, and includes work still under Copyright.
Works by Charles Darwin at Project Gutenberg
Published works
1835: Extracts from letters to Professor Henslow (privately printed, not for public sale)
1836: A LETTER, Containing Remarks on the Moral State of TAHITI, NEW ZEALAND, &c. ? BY CAPT. R. FITZROY AND C. DARWIN, ESQ. OF H.M.S. 'Beagle.'
1839: Journal and Remarks (The Voyage of the Beagle)
Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle: published between 1839 and 1843 in five volumes by various authors, Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin, who contributed sections to two of the volumes ?
1840: Part I. Fossil Mammalia, by Richard Owen (Darwin's introduction)
1839: Part II. Mammalia, by George R. Waterhouse (Darwin on habits and ranges)
1842: The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
1844: Geological Observations of Volcanic Islands
1846: Geological Observations on South America
1849: Geology from A Manual of scientific enquiry; prepared for the use of Her Majesty's Navy: and adapted for travellers in general., John F.W. Herschel ed.
1851: A Monograph of the Sub-class Cirripedia, with Figures of all the Species. The Lepadidae; or, Pedunculated Cirripedes.
1851: A Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae; or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain
1854: A Monograph of the Sub-class Cirripedia, with Figures of all the Species. The Balanidae (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidae, etc.
1854: A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidæ and Verrucidæ of Great Britain
1858: On the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection
1859: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
1862: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects
1868: Variation of Plants and Animals Under Domestication
1871: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
1872: The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals
1875: Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants
1875: Insectivorous Plants
1876: The Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
1877: The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
1879: "Preface and 'a preliminary notice'" in Ernst Krause's Erasmus Darwin
1880: The Power of Movement in Plants
1881: The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms
1887: Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Edited by his son Francis Darwin)
1958: Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Barlow, unexpurgated)
Letters
Correspondence of Charles Darwin
1887: Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, (ed. Francis Darwin)
1903: More Letters of Charles Darwin, (ed. Francis Darwin and A.C. Seward)

 

[Shawn]

Darwin was collecting evidence before Wallace even had the idea of evolution.

 

[Mucho]

I think whereas Wallace stop short of putting man in the evolutionary process Darwin did not.