In 1859, Charles Darwin posted a vastly important work: On the Origin of Species through Natural Selection. For years and years, man have been seen as a produced species, distinct from some other animal. After that, Darwin persuasively argued that mankind and various other varieties are descended from common ancestors. His theory of “natural selection,” also known as “survival of the fittest,” points out how life progressed through natural procedures. By the 1950s, most scientists accepted the idea. However, it upset many who thought that life was created by a supernatural God-a argument which is usually perpetuated today.

The Research and Discovery Series recreates among history’s most successful journeys-four thousand many years of scientific efforts to raised understand and control the physical world. Science has often challenged and annoyed conventional knowledge or accepted practices; this is a story of vested interests and unbiased thinkers, experiments and theories, transformation and improvement. Aristotle, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Einstein, and many others are featured.