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Happy Birthday

Category: Social Commentary
Posted on: November 24, 2007 7:12 AM, by Joseph j7uy5

On 24 November, 1859, Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, was published.

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Things haven't been the same, ever since.  For example, the cost of a new copy, then, was 15 shillings.  Now it's 97.55 shillings for a hardcover copy (or it would be, if the Brits still used shillings).  That is the main difference.  The biology is still the same.

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I'm already celebrating the life and music of Freddie Mercury, who died this day in 1991 - but I'll raise a glass to Darwin, then, too... :)

Posted by: cimddwc | November 24, 2007 1:32 PM

It was a best seller. The entire first press run sold out the first day of publication.

Posted by: Ed Darrell | November 24, 2007 4:24 PM

I'm already celebrating the life and music of Freddie Mercury, who died this day in 1991 - but I'll raise a glass to Darwin, then, too... :)

Posted by: oyun hileleri | May 15, 2008 11:18 AM

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