With an Introduction by Jeff Wallace.
''A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die...''.
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.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
416 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Utgivningsdatum |
1998-03-05 |
| ISBN |
9781853267802 |
