The Origin of Species (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

Natural selection arrived as an argument built from pigeons, barnacles and orchids rather than from theory alone. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, first published in 1859, sets out the case that species change over time through the differential survival of variations. Darwin accumulates observation and example from plants and animals before drawing his conclusions, and the method is as instructive as the result, since the book shows how an argument in natural history is actually assembled. Its effect on biology, and on how people think about the interconnection of living things, has not diminished. Points of interest: • The complete text of the 1859 work that founded evolutionary biology • Evidence drawn from domesticated and wild species throughout • Reasoning laid out in stages rather than simply asserted • A deluxe hardbound edition for a science reference shelf Relevant to students, teachers, researchers and general science readers, available from Boipoka.