On Natural Selection

Throughouthistory,somebookshavechangedtheworld.Theyhavetransformedthewayweseeourselves-andeachother.Theyhaveinspireddebate,dissent,warandrevolution.Theyhaveenlightened,outraged,provokedandcomforted.Theyhaveenrichedlives-anddestroyedthem.NowPENGOINbringsyoutheworksofthegreatthinkers,pioneers,radicalsandvisionarieswhoseideasshookcivilizationandhelpedmakeuswhoweare.NoonehasdonemoretoshapeourviewofwhatmakesushumanthanCharlesDarwin,whosetheoryofevolu-tionturnedtheVictorianworldupsidedown,utterlyrewroteournotionsoflifeonearthandisstillattackedbyreli-giouscreationiststoday.