Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography (BOOKS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD)

Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography (BOOKS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD)

by JanetBrowne (Author)

Synopsis

On first publication in 1859, Origin of Species became a controversial bestseller. Darwin's idea that organisms gradually evolve through natural selection overturned the belief that all animals were born out of nothing. Janet Browne's examination of Origin of Species is an indispensable guide to the theory that changed the way we see the world and our place in it.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Edition: Main
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 13 Jul 2006

ISBN 10: 1843543931
ISBN 13: 9781843543930

Author Bio
Janet Browne is a professor at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. She is the author of the landmark two-volume biography of Charles Darwin: Voyaging, as well as The Power of Place and Darwin's Origin of Species (Atlantic 2006).