A poll by The Folio Society set out to select the most
valuable works to the human race.
Daily Mail reports participants were asked to rate the influence
and significance 30 selected books have had on the modern world - not how
exciting they were. The results find of the survey has shown that half of the
top 10 ‘most valuable’ books – as voted by the British public – were written by
eminent scientists.
Authors of books picked include Charles Darwin, Albert
Einstein and Stephen Hawking, as well as George Orwell and Harper Lee.
Two of the top three titles were written by scientists.
Darwin’s The Origin of Species gained 35 per cent, while Stephen Hawking’s A
Brief History of Time gained 17 per cent.
But the Bible was voted the most valuable text overall
with 37 per cent of the votes.
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The Bible (pictured) was voted the most valuable
text overall with 37 per cent of the vote. Interestingly, 37 per cent of people
living in the south of the UK voted for Charles Darwin’s seminal scientific
tome, but 41 per cent of northerners opted for the Bible
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Interestingly, 37 per cent of people living in the
south of the UK voted for Charles Darwin’s seminal scientific tome, but 41 per
cent of northerners opted for the Bible.
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Darwin’s The
Origin of Species gained 35 per cent, while Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History
of Time gained 17 per cent; Stephen Hawking's seminal book (pictured) is among
the 10 voted 'most valuable' to humanity by members of the British public
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The study, conducted by YouGov for the publisher,
asked over 2,000 members of the British public which three books from a list of
30 they considered to be the most valuable.
The
measure for selection was not by popularity or by the enjoyment experienced in
reading the book.
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