The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals - Softcover

Darwin, Charles

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9781599869155: The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals

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ISBN 10: 1599869152 ISBN 13: 9781599869155

Publisher: Filiquarian, 2007

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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a classic work originally published in 1872 and written by naturalist Charles Darwin. This title is about how animals and humans are able to express their emotions. This book played an important role as a follow up to Charles Darwins' 1871 book, The Descent of Man, and addresses questions on the origins of humans and human psychology throug his theory of natural selection.

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"Even cows, when they frisk about from pleasure, throw up their tails in a ridiculous fashion." So writes Charles Darwin in his magnum opus on how humans and animals display such emotions as fear, anger, disdain, and pleasure; it is work that has in most respects been sustained by later scientific research. First published in 1872, Darwin's greatest work was never issued in quite the shape its author intended: bits and pieces were left out of subsequent printings, most of them released after Darwin's death, and later editors made additions to suit the intellectual fashion of their times. This definitive edition, heavily annotated, brings us the book that Darwin would have wanted, and it is essential to any naturalist's library.

Book Description:

A study of the muscular movements of the face (both human and animal) triggered by the emotions being felt - a 'physical' response to a 'mental' sensation. Darwin's detailed analysis of what actually happens to the body in a state of fear, or joy, or anger is illustrated by photographic images.

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