{"product_id":"2940012773692","title":"Darwin's The Origin of Species","description":"Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from a common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.\u003cbr\u003eHe published his theory with compelling evidence for evolution in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859, is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title was changed to The Origin of Species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of The Origin of Species is specially formatted for e-readers and includes a Table of Contents.","brand":"Charles River Editors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175639531760,"sku":"2940012773692","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012773692_p0.jpg?v=1763572058","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012773692","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}