而排在第1名的是获得37%的投票的《圣经》。
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.
有趣的是,在英国南部有37%的人投票给了达尔文的具有开创性的巨著《物种起源》,而英国北部则有41%的人选择了《圣经》。
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.
调查由民治调查公司组织,包括了2000多名的英国民众,涉及到30本被认为最有价值的书籍。
The measure for selection was not by popularity or by the enjoyment experienced in reading the book.
调查要求民众选择书籍的标准并不是根据流行程度或是阅读时体验到的愉快程度。
Participants were asked to rate the influence and significance their selected books have had on the modern world.
而是要求民主根据书籍对现代社会的影响力和意义来投票。
Other scientific works included: Relativity by Einstein with 15 per cent of the vote and Principia Mathematica - a three-volume work on the foundations of mathematics by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell – with 12 per cent of votes.
排名中的其他科学著作还包括:爱因斯坦的《相对论》,获得了15%的投票;以阿尔弗雷德·诺尔司·怀特海和伯特兰·罗素提出的数学理论为基础所著的三卷本著作《自然哲学的数学原理》,获得了12%的投票。
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