On the Origin of Species (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Darwin
- First Published: 1859
- Type of Work: Nature writing
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science and technology
- Subjects: Nature, Nineteenth century, Science or scientists, Naturalists, Evolution, Biology or biologists
Critical Evaluation:
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species belongs to that category of books that almost every educated person knows by title and subject but has never read. Yet probably few other books have had so powerful an influence on nineteenth and twentieth century thought. Darwin’s report on his biological investigations came to have far-reaching importance beyond the field of biology, for the evidence and implications he presented eventually influenced psychology, sociology, law, theology, educational theory, philosophy, literature, and other branches...
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