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The Origin of Species

Pages: 576
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Published: 24 Nov 1859
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The classic that exploded into public controversy, revolutionized the course of science, and continues to transform our views of the world.

Few other books have created such a lasting storm of controversy as The Origin of Species. Darwin's theory that species derive from other species by a gradual evolutionary process and that the average level of each species is heightened by the "survival of the fittest" stirred up popular debate to a fever pitch. Its acceptance revolutionized the course of science. "

"Darwin was one of history's towering geniuses and ranks with the greatest heroes of man's intellectual progress. " -George Gaylord Simpson in The Meaning of Evolution