This is a book review of _Choosing Selection: The Revival of Natural Selection in Anglo-American Evolutionary Biology, 1930-1970_ by Stephen G Brush.

Part I includes pieces by Phillip Sloan on how Darwin theorized evolution, Jon Hodge on the Notebooks and the years Darwin spent in London after the voyage of the Beagle , and essays on Darwin’s views on heredity (Jim Endersby), on mind and the emotions (Robert Richards) and the argument structure of the Origin (Ken Waters). All of these are excellent and nuanced, and well referenced, written by leading specialists on each topic. Endersby’s essay in particular introduced me to material (...) I hadn’t previously encountered. (shrink)