The Origin of Species

(Original, Unabridged Classic, Premium Hardbound Collector's Edition, Ideal for Gifting)Charles Darwin"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one most responsive to change."In 1859, Charles Darwin published a book that changed everything. On the Origin of Species proposed that all living things — including humans — had descended from common ancestors through a process of natural selection, gradually adapting over immense spans of time to the environments in which they lived. The idea was not entirely new, but Darwin's evidence was overwhelming and his argument unassailable.With a Goodreads rating of 4.06, readers consistently describe it as an absolutely engaging and enlightening read — not the dry scientific treatise they expected, but a passionate, clearly written argument by a man who spent twenty years assembling his evidence before he dared publish it. Darwin's theory remains the unifying framework of all modern biology, and this book remains the most important work of science in the English language.