现代大学英语精读4 第八课课文 Economic Growth Is a Path to Perdition, Not Prosperity.docVIP

Charles Darwin was a rigorous, meticulous scientist. He spent nearly 20 years honing his analysis and polishing his prose before publishing his groundbreaking work, On the Origin of Species, in November 1859. Darwin’s slim volume was what we would call a “game changer,” a revolutionary work that fundamentally altered the way human beings see themselves and the natural world. Today most of us are familiar with his theory of “natural selection”—the foundation of modem evolutionary biology. But 150 years ago, Darwin was sailing into choppy waters. The Church of England had set rigid boundaries, a