The Origin of Species

<div><p><strong>With an Introduction by Jeff Wallace.</strong></p></div><div><p>''A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die...''.</p></div><div><p>Darwin''s theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are locked into a pitiless struggle for existence, with extinction looming for those not fitted for the task.</p></div><div><p>Yet <em>The Origin of Species</em> (1859) is also a humane and inspirational vision of ecological interrelatedness, revealing the complex mutual interdependencies between animal and plant life, climate and physical environment, and - by implication - within the human world.</p></div><div><p>Written for the general reader, in a style which combines the rigour of science with the subtlety of literature, The Origin of Species remains one of the founding documents of the modern age.</p></div>