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24 alternatives to Darwin’s On the Origin of Species

A Picture Book Adaptation

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Darwin’s On the Origin of Species launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Origin of Species▲81

   Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   On The Origin Of Species▲20

   The classic that revolutionized the course of science

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle ▲61

   How new traits originate

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Cosmosapiens▲63

   Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Man V. Nature▲148

   Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human▲63

   A unified theory about why storytelling evolved

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Darwin▲133

   Uber-minimal active learning tool for you and your friends.

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Deep Simplicity▲62

   Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Evolutionary Tales▲60

    Teaching kids evolution through 10 poems

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Vital Question▲55

    Energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Inventology▲72

    How we dream up things that change the world

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Selfish Gene▲96

    Human behavior driven by biological Darwinism

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Earth: A Primer▲76

    A science book/app for playful people

    2015 · earthprimer.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Node: Up and Running▲72

    Ebook for building scalable apps with Node

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Engines of Creation▲54

    The coming era of nanotechnology

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Genome▲78

    The autobiography of a species in 23 chapters

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Richard Dawkins’ Biomorphs Implemented in JavaScript▲117

    An interactive simulation of Richard Dawkins' biomorphs, virtual creatures that evolve through artificial selection.

    2014 · emergentmind.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes▲53

    Evolution, Theoretical Physics and Computer Science

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Diamond Age▲81

    Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and nano-technology

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Probably Approximately Correct▲53

    Nature's algorithms for learning and prospering in a complex

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Shape of Time▲62

    Remarks on the history of things

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Life 3.0▲92

    Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The evolution of the web▲94

    A data visualization about the growth of the web since 1990

    2015 · evolutionofweb.appspot.com · its alternatives →

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