This groundbreaking work, first published anonymously in 1844, presents an early model of evolutionary theory. Chambers's ideas were controversial at the time, but his arguments for the gradual development of new species anticipated the work of Charles Darwin. This book is a key text in the history of science and a fascinating example of the cultural debates of the Victorian era.
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