On the Origin of Species

Summary

On the Origin of Species is a written work^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• On the Origin of Species authored Charles Darwin^[3].
• On the Origin of Species's instance of is recorded as written work^[4].
• On the Origin of Species's instance of is recorded as academic writing^[5].
• On the Origin of Species's genre is scientific literature^[6].
• On the Origin of Species's genre is treatise^[7].
• On the Origin of Species followed On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection^[8].
• On the Origin of Species's Commons category is recorded as On the Origin of Species^[9].
• On the Origin of Species's language of work or name is recorded as English^[10].
• On the Origin of Species's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom^[11].
• On the Origin of Species was released on November 24, 1859^[12].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as Q20968204^[13].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as Q136766096^[14].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as Q21948575^[15].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as The origin of species by means of natural selection : or The preservation of favored races in the struggle for life^[16].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favored races in the struggle for life^[17].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as О происхождении видов (1864)^[18].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as L’Origine des espèces (1906)^[19].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as Die Entstehung der Arten^[20].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as Die Entstehung der Arten^[21].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as The Annotated Origin : A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species^[22].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as The origin of species (World's Popular Classics edition)^[23].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as The Origin of Species^[24].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life^[25].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as The origin of the species by means of natural selection^[26].
• On the Origin of Species's has edition or translation is recorded as The origin of species : by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include written work^[4] and academic writing^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for On the Origin of Species include Eden^[28], a film^[29], directed by Ron Howard^[30] and Endless Forms Most Beautiful^[31], an album^[32].

Why It Matters

On the Origin of Species has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Eden^[28], a film^[29], directed by Ron Howard^[30] and Endless Forms Most Beautiful^[31], an album^[32].