Lists of Bests: Melvyn Bragg's 12 Books That Changed the World http://www.listsofbests.com/list/6267 The author's list of 12 books that changed the world Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:25:19 GMT en-us 0 50 12 0 0 Principia Mathematica (1687) by Isaac Newton http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1352996 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Newton</div> Married Love (1918) by Marie Stopes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353012 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marie Stopes</div> Magna Carta (1215) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353156 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Members of the English Ruling Classes</div> On the Origin of Species (1859) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353264 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Darwin</div> Book of Rules of Association Football (1863) by a group of former English public-school men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353158 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> On the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1789) by William Wilberforce http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353159 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Wilberforce</div> A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353214 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Wollstonecraft</div> Experimental Researches in Electricity (three volumes, 1839, 1844, 1855) by Michael Faraday http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353226 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Faraday</div> Patent Specification for Arkwright’s Spinning Machine (1769) by Richard Arkwright http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353233 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Arkwright</div> The King James Bible (1611) by William Tyndale and 54 scholars appointed by the king http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353234 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776) by Adam Smith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1353243 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adam Smith</div> The First Folio of Shakespeare 1623 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002455 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002455"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/155783184X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Shakespeare</div>