Categorii: Neclasificate
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 1997
Nr Pag: 416
Colectie: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
ISBN: 9781853267802
Dimensiuni: l: 12.9cm | H: 19.8cm | 259g
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.