On the Origin of Species

Author: Darwin, Charles, Francis, Oliver

Evolution

Published on 26 January 2017 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan Collectors Library) in the United Kingdom as part of the Macmillan Collectors Library series.

Hardback | 576 pages
156 x 111 x 28 | 300g

On the Origin of Species outlines Charles Darwins world-changing theory that life on Earth had not been brought into being by a creator, but had arisen from a single common ancestor and had evolved over time through the process of natural selection. This beautiful Macmillan Collectors Library edition of On the Origin of Species is complete and unabridged, and features an afterword by Oliver Francis. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collectors Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collectors Library are books to love and treasure.

Received with both enthusiasm and hostility on its publication, it triggered a seismic shift in our understanding of humanitys place in the natural world. It is not only a brilliant work of science but also a clear, vivid, sometimes moving piece of popular writing that reflects both Darwins genius and his boundless enthusiasm for our planet and its species.