Twelve Books That Changed the World
- Twelve Books That Changed the World
"Twelve Books That Changed the World" is a book by Melvyn Bragg, published in 2006.
The twelve books listed were:
* "Principia Mathematica" (1687) — Isaac Newton
* "Married Love" (1918) — Marie Stopes
* Magna Carta (1215)
* "Book of Rules of Association Football" (1863)
* "On the Origin of Species" (1859) — Charles Darwin
* "On the Abolition of the Slave Trade" (1789) — William Wilberforce in Parliament, immediately printed in several versions
* "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) — Mary Wollstonecraft
* "Experimental Researches in Electricity" (three volumes, 1839, 1844, 1855) by Michael Faraday
* "Patent Specification for Arkwright’s Spinning Machine" (1769) — Richard Arkwright
* The King James Bible (1611) — William Tyndale and 54 scholars appointed by the king
* "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" (1776) — Adam Smith
* The First Folio (1623) — William Shakespeare
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