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See moreThe foundation of evolutionary biology and natural selection - which prompted as huge a revolution in the fields of science and religion as Copernicus's heliocentric model of the universe and Newton's law of gravity, Darwin's On the Origin of Species is perhaps the most important book of scientific observation ever written."
The foundation of evolutionary biology and natural selection – perhaps the most important book of scientific observation ever written.
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When Darwin set sail at the end of 1831, it was only with a vague notion that all life forms, both present and extinct, were more strongly related than the Christian version of the world’s creation purported them to be.
During his five-year voyage of research and discovery on board HMS Beagle, and later from his home in Kent, he painstakingly collected a mass of evidence from across the planet – from Paraguay and the Galapagos Islands to Staffordshire and Scotland – building a compelling case for a theory that would change the world we live in – and the way we look at it – for ever.
The foundation of evolutionary biology and natural selection – which prompted as huge a revolution in the fields of science and religion as Copernicus’s heliocentric model of the universe and Newton’s law of gravity, Darwin’s On the Origin of Species is perhaps the most important book of scientific observation ever written.
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ISBN: 9781847497840
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 January 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Alma Classics
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
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Pages: 416
About the Author
The grandson of a pre-eminent natural philosopher, Charles Darwin (1809–82) devoted his life to the study of all forms of animal and vegetable life. His book On the Origin of Species, which was twenty years in the making, is his crowning achievement.
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