Introduction by Edward J. Larson

?Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific inquiry, The Origin of Species sold out its first printing on the very day it was published in 1859. Theologians quickly labeled Charles Darwin the most dangerous man in England and, as the Saturday Review noted, the uproar over the book quickly ?passed beyond the bounds of the study and lecture-room into the drawing-room and the public street.? Based largely on Darwin?s experience as a naturalist while on a five-year voyage aboard H. M. S. Beagle, The Origin of Species set forth a theory of evolution and natural selection that challenged contemporary beliefs about divine providence and the immutability of species. This Modern Library edition includes a Foreword by the Pulitzer Prize?winning science historian Edward J. Larson, an introductory historical sketch, and a glossary Darwin later added to the original text.

720 pages, illustrations

Medios de comunicación	Libros Paperback Book (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado	11 de agosto de 1998
ISBN13	9780375751462
Editores	Random House USA Inc
Páginas	720
Dimensiones	134 × 204 × 39 mm · 544 g
Lengua	Inglés
Colaborador	Edward J. Larson