{"product_id":"2940170663095","title":"The Origin of Species","description":"On December 27, 1831, the young naturalist Charles Darwin left Plymouth Harbor aboard the HMS \u003ci\u003eBeagle\u003c\/i\u003e. For the next five years, he conducted research on plants and animals from around the globe, amassing a body of evidence that would culminate in one of the greatest discoveries in the history of mankind-the theory of evolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarwin presented his stunning insights in a landmark book that forever altered the way human beings view themselves and the world they live in. In \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e, Darwin convincingly demonstrates the fact of evolution: that existing animals and plants cannot have appeared separately but must have slowly transformed from ancestral creatures. Most important, the book fully explains the mechanism that effects such a transformation: natural selection, the idea that made evolution scientifically intelligible for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the few revolutionary works of science that is readily accessible to the nonscientist, \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e not only launched the science of modern biology but has also influenced virtually all subsequent literary, philosophical, and religious thinking.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115496849648,"sku":"2940170663095","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170663095_p0.jpg?v=1763808785","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170663095","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}