![On the Origin of Species: The Preservation of Favoured Traces [Ben Fry] via Seed Magazine.
One interesting thing you can see from the visualization is that over the course of Darwin’s edits he included more and more responses to people’s criticisms of his theory. Finally, in the sixth edition, published in 1872, he actually just took all of those scattered references and made them into their own chapter where he addressed them directly. This shows a shift in his approach to presenting his theory. Prior to the sixth edition, he had tried to stay out of that fray and rely on his network of friends to defend his ideas.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpvnsbDm3n1qz5yk0o1_500.png)
On the Origin of Species: The Preservation of Favoured Traces [Ben Fry] via Seed Magazine.
One interesting thing you can see from the visualization is that over the course of Darwin’s edits he included more and more responses to people’s criticisms of his theory. Finally, in the sixth edition, published in 1872, he actually just took all of those scattered references and made them into their own chapter where he addressed them directly. This shows a shift in his approach to presenting his theory. Prior to the sixth edition, he had tried to stay out of that fray and rely on his network of friends to defend his ideas.
