The Origin of Species (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

It's a gift to my granddaughter.

Excellent Book

I'm gifting this to someone, so I haven't read it or anything however the product is slightly damaged

Very good book. However, there is no preface or introduction by another scholar, as you see in other publications. Entirely by Charles Darwin.

good book

It is a thick text and if you are really serious about reading it and want presentable as well as a very readable copy then this is really great.I don't have much experience so I can't compare with others but yes this copy is very fine.

The comes slightly dented other than that it's fine

Book's outer appearance is fabulous. Cover is decorated with golden art and edges too are golden in colour. Dimensions are 22cm x 14.5cm, same as in the description. Page quality is like any other fingerprint publishing paperback. Dull yellow in colour and 37 lines in a page. Font size is quite readable and easy on eyes. Very soon I'll write the book review also.

Awesome book by a brilliant mind.

We read it in the future. There is no intellectual shock as we already know the conclusions. Some parts can be interesting and others (in my case the parts about hybrids in plants) not that much. There are not illustrations, save the diagram of divergence of species, nor visual help to picture the species. The style is, in comparison to books from the 19th century, quite modern and clean, but dry; there is passion in the research but the exposition is scientific: the book is not meant to entertain but to explain to an educated audience. With all the anterior it would be easy to think this book as a chore, but not... totally the opposite.I had only read fragments of Darwin's work by creationists, usually against him. I purchased some other books against evolution and was also reading his book about the evolution of humankind but it was clear to me I needed to read this book first. After finishing it I know now that this work was made in a special time, when science had higher standards than our own time, so dependent in computer algorithms and so sadly hindered by political ideologies and corporate interests which, hard to believe, are more restrictive than religion was toward Darwin's theory, some religions today accept evolution as something that doesn't contradict the belief in a superior being. Darwin is not only a researcher of books (what he is and quite disciplined) but also he is a great explorer with a worldwide network of enthusiasts and investigators in different fields. His dedication, passion and discipline blossoms into overwhelming evidence in support of the evolution of species, a passion similar to the captain of Moby Dick, in the sense that spreads so far that the world seems small and accessible. Now I understand the passages I had read where taken out of context, because Darwin foresees the objections and his book replies to them beforehand with honesty, to the extent of his vast research; he acknowledges what is unknown to him and the science of his time, his questions and doubts, almost in each page, have inspired a new corpus of knowledge in different fields. For example the idea that whales could have evolved from bears, maybe you saw the fascinating episode in discovery channel about the evolution of a prehistoric wolf into the modern family of whales... his thoughts about the movement of continents predates Wegener's theory (resisted by mainstream science until the 1950) of continental drift. The only absence, intentional and cautious, is about mankind, but it is implicit in the book.And I could say much more, but this is an already long review. Reading it at least once in your life would make it richer, it's a milestone of reason triumphing over thousands of years of traditions in the Western world.About the AmazonClassics Edition is an almost perfect edition. I have not found mistakes, save one very minor, when Darwin mentions "America" for what is now called in English speaking countries as "Americas" the X-Ray entry tells you data about the United States of America. More important is that for the most part the X-Ray is useful for explanations about the long list of exotic places and vegetal and animal beings, and in cases that not the Wikipedia option helps. The formatting is professional and well designed. The typography has a modern design and is comfortable to read. The only downside is this: there is no indication of which edition it is, when it was published... I suspect this is the first edition, as I understand newer editions have additions to be more akin to religious readers. It is a recommendable edition, I am sure among the best, but without knowing which edition it is, is difficult to regard it as the best one.

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Classic book. Incredible to get a glimpse of what this man was thinking centuries ago, with no more tools than a castaway on a deserted island. Truly recommended.

There are still some doubters today, this is Cds defence of his theory at the time it was shocking. The detail of his observation & the extent of his knowledge has to be read to understand the research behind his theory.