The Origin of Species (World's Classics)

by Charles Darwin (Author), Gillian Beer (Editor)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $5.64

  Originally published in 1859, this work challenged many of the most deeply-held beliefs of the Western world. Arguing for a material, not divine, origin of species, Darwin showed that new species are achieved by natural selection. His monograph communicates the enthusiasm of original thinking in an open, descriptive style, and Darwin's emphasis on the value of diversity speaks more strongly now than ever.

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  Paperback
  1994

  $3.25

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $5.27

• New

  Paperback
  1998

  $7.51

  With an Introduction by Jeff Wallace. 'A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die...'. Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are locked into a pitiless struggle for existence, with extinction looming for those not fitted for the task. Yet The Origin of Species (1859) is also a humane and inspirational vision of ecological interrelatedness, revealing the complex mutual interdependencies between animal and plant life, climate and physical environment, and - by implication - within the human world. Written for the general reader, in a style which combines the rigour of science with the subtlety of literature, The Origin of Species remains one of the founding documents of the modern age.