On the Origin of Species

One of the most important works of scientific study ever published.

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, in which he writes of his theories of evolution by natural selection, is one of the most important works of scientific study ever published.

Broadview's unabridged edition also includes an introduction, a bibliography, explanatory notes, a chronology of Darwin's life, and a register of names cited. The appendices contain substantial selections from Darwin's other works (Autobiography, Notebooks, letters, Voyage of the Beagle, and Descent of Man) and selections from Darwin's sources and contemporaries (excerpts from Genesis, Paley, Lamarck, Spencer, Lyell, Malthus, Huxley, and Wallace).

Introduction

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Appendices:

A: Other Writings by Darwin

1. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, Abridged
2. Voyage of the Beagle: Excerpts from Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle (1839; second ed. 1845)
3. Notebook Entries (1837-39)
4. The 1844 Manuscript
5. Francis Darwin's Description of the Manuscript

ii. Extract from a Chapter on Natural Selection

1. Letters
2. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871), Abridged