On The Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin

Overview

In 1831, Charles Darwin started a journey on the HMS Beagle. The discoveries he would make would change the world and how it is understood. This is the original edition of the book Darwin published explaining his theory of the origin of species by means of natural selection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461168942
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	05/09/2011
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.86(d)
Lexile:	1450L (what's this?)

About the Author

English naturalist, geologist and biologist Charles Robert Darwin, (1809 -1882) is best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life descended from common ancestors. In a publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection. In natural selection, the struggle for existence has an effect that is similar to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.
Darwin published his theory of evolution in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species. By the 1870s, the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution. His five-year voyage on HMS Beagle established him as an eminent geologist whose observations and theories supported Charles Lyell's uniformitarian ideas, and publication of his journal of the voyage made him famous as a popular author.
Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history, and he was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey.

Date of Birth:

February 12, 1809

Date of Death:

April 19, 1882

Place of Birth:

Shrewsbury, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

B.A. in Theology, Christ¿s College, Cambridge University, 1831

Editorial Reviews

Dawkins reads engagingly and the whole effect is like David Attenborough without the pictures.

The Sunday Times

The listener is left aghast at just how much Darwin got right.

The Observer Rachel Redford