On the Origin of Species. or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. - Softcover

Darwin, Charles

 
9789389155495: On the Origin of Species. or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

Synopsis

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.

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