Book description
Charles Darwin transformed our understanding of the world with the idea
of natural selection, challenging the notion that species are fixed and
unchanging. These writings from On the Origin of Species explain how
different life forms appear all over the globe, evolve over millions of
years, become extinct and are supplanted. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout
history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the
way we see ourselves ? and each other. They have inspired debate,
dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked
and comforted. They have enriched lives ? and destroyed them. Now
Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals
and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we
are. Charles Darwin (1809-82) was an evolutionary scientist whose
major works include ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES and THE DESCENT OF MAN.
