The Origin of Species

<b>Charles Darwin&#146;s classic that exploded into public controversy revolutionized the course of science and continues to transform our views of the world.<br><br></b>Few other books have created such a lasting storm of controversy as <i>The Origin of Species</i>. Darwin&#146;s theory that species derive from other species by a gradual evolutionary process and that the average level of each species is heightened by the &#147;survival of the fittest&#148; stirred up popular debate to fever pitch. Its acceptance revolutionized the course of science.<br><br>As Sir Julian Huxley the noted biologist points out in his illuminating introduction the importance of Darwin&#146;s contribution to modern scientific knowledge is almost impossible to evaluate: &#147;a truly great book one which can still be read with profit by professional biologist.&#148;<br><br><b>Includes an Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley<br></b>