Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation ( German: Traces of the Natural History of Creation) was a London in 1844 anonymously publicized popular science book. In him the idea of ​​a deist, ie represented without direct divine intervention extending cosmic, geological, and biological evolution was. It was widely read and controversial was well received in former Victorian society because of his unorthodox and speculative ideas.

The author, who died in 1871 Scottish journalist Robert Chambers, was only revealed in 1884 posthumously published 12th edition of the book.

The first German translation made ​​by Carl Vogt in the sixth edition of Vestiges. She appeared in 1851 in Braunschweig Verlag Friedrich Vieweg and Son and was entitled The Natural History of creation of the universe, the Earth and the present on their organisms based on the gained by science facts. A second, revised edition followed in 1858.