On the Origin of Species - (Word Cloud Classics) by Charles Darwin (Paperback)

About the Book

"Charles Darwin's monumental work On the Origin of Species, first published in 1859, introduced the concept of natural selection, in which plant and animal species evolve over the course of generations according to their environmental conditions. Hotly debated and controversial when it was first proposed, Darwin's theory of evolution has become accepted as scientific fact today. This volume presents the text of the sixth edition of Darwin's work, with revisions that the author made over the course of more than a decade after the original publication"--

Book Synopsis

These pages include the final edition of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work that introduced the theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

First published in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species introduced the scientific theory of evolution by means of natural selection, a revolutionary idea at the time. Fiercely debated on its release, Darwin's famous work was revised several times over the following decade, partly to refute the scientific and religious objections of the author's contemporaries. In this sixth edition of On the Origin of Species, Darwin lays out his theory by citing his studies done in the Galápagos aboard the HMS Beagle in the 1830s, as well as his follow-up research over the ensuing two decades.