The Origin of Species
576 pages
|Published: 24 Nov 1859
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ISBN: 9780451529060
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Signet Classics
Publication date: 2 September 2003
Description
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
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
