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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.

The Origin of Species

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    A Paperback / softback by Charles Darwin, Professor Emeritus Jeff Wallace, Tom Griffith

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      Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd
      Published 5 March 1998
      ISBN-13 9781853267802
      978-1853267802
      ISBN-10 1853267805
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      Non Fiction Science & Nature Evolution / Evolutionary biology Books by Charles Darwin

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.

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