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On The Origin Of Species Charles Darwin — Library

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin · 1859 · Science

Full text · 28 chaptersNarrated in your voice

Public domain · added by Library

What it's about

The book that reorganised biology, written to be read by anyone. Darwin builds his case slowly and answers his own objections as he goes — the most patient argument in the history of science.

Reading plan

Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.

Read together

Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.

Who it's for

- Anyone who wants the theory in Darwin's own careful words - Readers interested in how a scientific case is actually built - Anyone who has argued about evolution without reading it

What’s inside

1
CHAPTER I. VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION.
1 min
2
CHAPTER 2. VARIATION UNDER NATURE.
1 min
3
CHAPTER 3. STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE.
1 min
4
CHAPTER 4. NATURAL SELECTION.
1 min
5
CHAPTER 5. LAWS OF VARIATION.
1 min
6
CHAPTER 6. DIFFICULTIES ON THEORY.
1 min
7
CHAPTER 7. INSTINCT.
1 min
8
CHAPTER 8. HYBRIDISM.
1 min
9
CHAPTER 9. ON THE IMPERFECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD.
1 min
10
CHAPTER 10. ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC BEINGS.
1 min
11
CHAPTER 11. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.
1 min
12
CHAPTER 12. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION—_continued_.
1 min
13
CHAPTER 13. MUTUAL AFFINITIES OF ORGANIC BEINGS: MORPHOLOGY:
1 min
14
CHAPTER 14. RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION.
8 min
15
CHAPTER I.
53 min
16
CHAPTER II.
22 min
17
CHAPTER III.
28 min
18
CHAPTER IV.
71 min
19
CHAPTER V.
56 min
20
CHAPTER VI.
51 min
21
CHAPTER VII.
54 min
22
CHAPTER VIII.
45 min
23
CHAPTER IX.
44 min
24
CHAPTER X.
47 min

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