The Origin of Species
By
Charles Darwin
Book Summary:
Considered to the be the foundation of modern evolutionary biology, The Origin of Species is a work of scientific literature written by Charles Darwin and published in 1859. In the book Darwin explores the scientific theory of how populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection; otherwise known as ‘survival of the fittest’. "Survival of the form that will leave the most copies of itself in successive generations."