The Origin Of Species And The Descent Of Man
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few books in the history of human thought have so irrevocably altered our understanding of life on Earth as Charles Darwin's twin masterworks, brought together here in one complete and unabridged volume. The Origin of Species (1859) presents Darwin's revolutionary argument for natural selection — the mechanism by which species adapt, diverge, and perish over vast stretches of geological time — while The Descent of Man (1871) applies that same rigorous logic to humanity itself, tracing our lineage through the animal kingdom and introducing the concept of sexual selection as a driving force in evolution. Together, these two texts represent the foundational pillars of modern biology, dismantling centuries of received wisdom and inaugurating a new scientific epoch. Darwin's prose is a marvel of Victorian clarity: meticulous in its accumulation of evidence yet accessible in its earnest, almost conversational reasoning. The Modern Library Giant edition honours the monumental scope of these works by uniting them in a single authoritative volume — making it an indispensable acquisition for any serious reader who wishes to confront, in Darwin's own words, the question that still electrifies science and society alike: what, precisely, are we?
Author: Charles Darwin
Format: Hardback
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few books in the history of human thought have so irrevocably altered our understanding of life on Earth as Charles Darwin's twin masterworks, brought together here in one complete and unabridged volume. The Origin of Species (1859) presents Darwin's revolutionary argument for natural selection — the mechanism by which species adapt, diverge, and perish over vast stretches of geological time — while The Descent of Man (1871) applies that same rigorous logic to humanity itself, tracing our lineage through the animal kingdom and introducing the concept of sexual selection as a driving force in evolution. Together, these two texts represent the foundational pillars of modern biology, dismantling centuries of received wisdom and inaugurating a new scientific epoch. Darwin's prose is a marvel of Victorian clarity: meticulous in its accumulation of evidence yet accessible in its earnest, almost conversational reasoning. The Modern Library Giant edition honours the monumental scope of these works by uniting them in a single authoritative volume — making it an indispensable acquisition for any serious reader who wishes to confront, in Darwin's own words, the question that still electrifies science and society alike: what, precisely, are we?