The Galapagos Islands by Charles Darwin

The Galapagos Islands by Charles Darwin

One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles.

Charles Darwin, a Victorian scientist and naturalist, has become one of the most famous figures of science to date. Born in 1809 to an upper-middle-class medical family, he was destined for a career in either medicine or the Anglican Church. However, he never completed his medical education and his future changed entirely in 1831 when he joined HMS Beagle as a self-financing, independent naturalist. On returning to England in 1836 he began to write up his theories and observations which culminated in a series of books, most famously On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859, where he challenged and contradicted contemporary biological and religious beliefs with two decades worth of scientific investigation and theory. Darwin's theory of natural selection is now the most widely accepted scientific model of how species evolve. He died in 1882 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

SKU	GOR002917618
ISBN 13	9780146001444
ISBN 10	0146001443
Title	The Galapagos Islands
Author	Charles Darwin
Condition	Very Good
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1995-11-30
Number of pages	64
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