<Table> On the Origin of Species <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The title page of the 1859 edition of On the Origin of Species </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Charles Darwin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Subject </Th> <Td> Natural selection Evolutionary biology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> 24 November 1859 ( John Murray ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print ( Hardback ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 502 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 352242 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties ; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Fertilisation of Orchids </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who wrote the book the origin of species
Charles Darwin