On the Origin of Species, 6th Edition illustrated

By: Darwin, Charles

This work of scientific literature is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. For the sixth edition of 1872, the title was changed to The Origin of Species. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included evidence that he had gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings from research, correspondence, and experimentation. Various evolutionary ideas had already been proposed to explain new findings in biology. There was growing support for such ideas among dissident anatomists and the general public, but during the first half of the 19th century the English scientific establishment was closely tied to the Church of England, while science was part of natural theology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08R68BSLV
• ISBN13: 9798585134524
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 607 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.5" x 6.0"