On the Origin of Species (Abridged) Audiobook

" If you really want to know what Darwinism is about, read this. "

" Five stars for its importance to modern science, not necessarily because it is a book that will keep you up late at night reading. Highly recommended to both proponents and opponents of evolution to see what Darwin actually theorized and why. "

" Completely destroyed religion...And I love it...Amen!...blessings "

" I was told to read this book in high school by my Biology teacher and when I picked up the book and started reading through it I realized why it was never mandatory reading. The book drones on with what feels like endless chapters on the different types of pigeons. Yet once you get to the portion of his life on The Beagle you find out how easy it is to follow the variety of finches. A good read if you are into science or if you just want to learn about evolution, caution though on reading if you believe in Creationism I wouldn't recommend considering there is no mention. "

" definitely a text book in fashion... it is history and a good book to thumb through. "

" I had to read it for a class and I loved it. Yes, it was long and there were seemingly endless pages of random evidence, but I loved it. I've kind of developed a crush on Charles Darwin. "

" I set my mind to read this as I thought that it would be a good read for my university course as well as thinking that it would be interesting. It raises many points and to think that many of them are still thought as truth now is pretty amazing. In parts however my attention did waver. It's definatly not a book to read just before you go to sleep and I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it more in the middle of the day rather than just before I go to sleep. "

" Too long! Also, I already knew most of it...I should read when I've forgotten everything. "

" I am currently re-reading this and am astounded by the wealth of evidence Dawrwin amassed in what was amuch reduced book than the one he wanted to write to reveal his theory of Evolution by Natural Selection. "

" It's the stuff I learnt at school, but reading the book I understand the implications. Starting to explain natural selection by man in domesticated animals is a work of genius. "

" Can be tough going, but some of it is written so elloquently it is a piece of art, other parts seem to labour on. "

" Wow. . .Darwin figured out a lot of things! An excellent book. "

" This was one of the more difficult reads i have had but it was extremely rewarding. I'm sure it will come in handy somewhere down my biology/ecology career. "

" Great book, often misunderstood. Take home is ideas of speciation and what a species really is. Great book available as free audiobook from Librevox.org "

" Boring and obviously hard to read but I find it interesting. "

" A VERY challenging read, I actually didn't finish it all the way through, I could only make it though about half. But I was glad I read some of it before we visited the Galapagos Islands. It made the trip a little more meaningful. "

" including one of my favorite quotes: "pigeons do not perch, or willingly roost, on trees" "

" Amazing book and fascinating, but hard to read. I wish someone would update it and "translate" it to standard English rather than science-ese. "

" This is such bloody hard work, this book.... "

" This seminal classic is in the public domain, and a free electronic copy is available here. "

" Darwin's theory was much more far reaching that I had originally thought. Awesome stuff but a bit boring the the plant section. "

" Read this back in college at BYU in evolution class. Although I don't agree with a lot of it, I think that every educated person should have some knowledge of Darwin. "

" Even considering the audience it was written for it can be rather dry, but still interesting especially considering the large amounts of evidence we have accumulated since then. "

" I give credit to Darwin for giving us the insight to evolution of the species of course in a different way Lamarck did 50 years before. In my opinion both of them are equally important in understanding how life evolved. "

" This is not only a milestone of science, I think it's also a genuinely great read. "

" Certainly one of the most influential works of recent history, Darwin is most engaging here as a scientist, most questionable as a philosopher. "

" Took me forever to read, but I feel a better person for it. As expected, it appealed to every scientific cell in my body. It makes sense through logic and evidence. "