The Blurb: This illustrated edition, introduced and edited by science journalist David Quammen, celebrates the 150th anniversary of the first publication of On the Origin of Species. Through hundreds of historical images and excerpts from The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, and The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, it traces the debates that have raged since the 1859 publication and paints a compelling portrait of Darwin the scientist and the man.