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Melvyn Bragg's 12 Books That Changed the World

The author’s list of 12 books that changed the world
1.
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 Principia Mathematica (1687) by Isaac Newton
by Isaac Newton
  
2.
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 Married Love (1918) by Marie Stopes
by Marie Stopes
  
3.
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 Magna Carta (1215)
by Members of the English Ruling Classes
  
4.
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 On the Origin of Species (1859)
by Charles Darwin
  
5.
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 Book of Rules of Association Football (1863) by a group of former English public-school men  
6.
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 On the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1789) by William Wilberforce
by William Wilberforce
  
7.
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 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
by Mary Wollstonecraft
  
8.
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 Experimental Researches in Electricity (three volumes, 1839, 1844, 1855) by Michael Faraday
by Michael Faraday
  
9.
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 Patent Specification for Arkwright’s Spinning Machine (1769) by Richard Arkwright
by Richard Arkwright
  
10.
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 The King James Bible (1611) by William Tyndale and 54 scholars appointed by the king  
11.
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 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776) by Adam Smith
by Adam Smith
  
12. The First Folio of Shakespeare 1623
by William Shakespeare
  
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Created by Irving Bennett on May 19, 2006.