{"product_id":"the-origin-of-species-by-means-of-natural-selection-or-the-preservation-of-favoured-races-in-the-struggle-for-life-paperback","title":"The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Darwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publication of Darwin's \u003cb\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/b\u003e in 1859 marked a dramatic turning point in scientific thought. The volume had taken Darwin more than twenty years to publish, in part because he envisioned the storm of controversy it was certain to unleash. Indeed, selling out its first edition on its first day, \u003cb\u003eThe Origin of Species \u003c\/b\u003erevolutionized science, philosophy, and theology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarwin's reasoned, documented arguments carefully advance his theory of natural selection and his assertion that species were not created all at once by a divine hand but started with a few simple forms that mutated and adapted over time. Whether commenting on his own poor health, discussing his experiments to test instinct in bees, or relating a conversation about a South American burrowing rodent, Darwin's monumental achievement is surprisingly personal and delightfully readable. Its profound ideas remain controversial even today, making it the most influential book in the natural sciences ever written--an important work not just to its time but to the history of humankind.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific imagination, The Origin of Species sold out on the day it was published in 1859. Theologians quickly labeled Charles Darwin the most dangerous man in England, and, as the Saturday Review noted, the uproar over the book quickly \"passed beyond the bounds of the study and lecture-room into the drawing-room and the public street.\" Yet, after reading it, Darwin's friend and colleague T. H. Huxley had a different reaction: \"How extremely stupid not to have thought of that.\"\u003cbr\u003eBased largely on Darwin's experience as a naturalist while on a five-year voyage aboard H.M.S. Beagle, The Origin of Species set forth a theory of evolution and natural selection that challenged contemporary beliefs about divine providence and the immutability of species. A landmark contribution to philosophical and scientific thought, this edition also includes an introductory historical sketch and a glossary Darwin later added to the original text. \u003cbr\u003eCharles Darwin grew up considered, by his own account, \"a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard of intellect.\" A quirk of fate kept him from the career his father had deemed appropriate--that of a country parson--when a botanist recommended Darwin for an appointment as a naturalist aboard H.M.S. Beagle from 1831 to 1836. Darwin is also the author of the five-volume work Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle (1839) and The Descent of Man (1871). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species in 1859 marked a dramatic turning point in scientific thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume had taken Darwin more than twenty years to publish, in part because he envisioned the storm of controversy it was certain to unleash. Indeed, selling out its first edition on its first day, The Origin of Species revolutionized science, philosophy, and theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarwin's reasoned, documented arguments carefully advance his theory of natural selection and assertion that species were not created all at once by a divine hand but started with a few simple forms that mutated and adapted over time. Whether commenting on his own ill health, discussing his experiments to test instinct in bees, or relating a conversation about a South American burrowing rodent, Darwin's monumental achievement is surprisingly personal and delightfully readable. Its ideas remain extremely profound even today, making it the most influential book in the natural sciences ever written -- a work not just important to its time, but to the history of humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHARLES ROBERT DARWIN was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury, England, to a wealthy intellectual family, his grandfather being the famous physician Erasmus Darwin. At Cambridge University he formed a friendship with J. S. Henslow, a professor of botany, and that association, along with his enthusiasm for collecting beetles, led to \"a burning zeal,\" as he wrote in his \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, for the natural sciences. When Henslow obtained for him the post of naturalist on H.M.S. \u003ci\u003eBeagle\u003c\/i\u003e, the course of his life was fixed. The five-year-long voyage to the Southern Hemisphere between 1831 and 1836 would lay the foundation for his ideas about evolution and natural selection. Upon his return Darwin lived in London before retiring to his residence at Down, a secluded village in Kent. For the next forty years he conducted his research there and wrote the works that would change human understanding forever. Knowing of the resistance from the orthodox scientific and religious communities, Darwin published \u003cb\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/b\u003e in 1859 only when another naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, independently reached the same conclusions. His other works include \u003ci\u003eThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex\u003c\/i\u003e (1871) and \u003ci\u003eRecollections of My Mind and Character\u003c\/i\u003e, also titled \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e (1887). Charles Darwin's \u003ci\u003eDiary of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle\u003c\/i\u003e was published posthumously in 1933. Darwin died in 1882; he is buried in Westminster Abbey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 6.91 x 4.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765407449376,"sku":"9780553214635","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/955534e3a4a518081469504f00d66a97.webp?v=1780268650","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-origin-of-species-by-means-of-natural-selection-or-the-preservation-of-favoured-races-in-the-struggle-for-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}