On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

703 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

nonfiction classics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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...

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