THE DESCENT OF MAN

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DARWIN

This work, unsurprisingly, offers invaluable insights into the life and times of Charles Darwin, his personality and the formative influences that made him what he was. He tells of his childhood, his student days at Edinburgh and Cambridge, his love of beetles, shooting and geology, and; his grandfather, Josiah Wedgwood.

ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES

Perhaps the most influential science book ever written, the controversial theory that populations evolve and adapt through a process known as natural selection led to heated scientific, philosophical and religious debate, revolutionising every discipline in its wake.