The author is at pains to state this is not a about "The 12 Books.." just 12 books in his opinion that have changed the world we live in. The Magna Carta isn't really a book but he puts this in because he can its his book and he mounts an argument for inclusion.
Also "On the Abolition of Slavery " was a speech in Parliament that was subsequently published. and there is a patent application as well, but its all very interesting.
I'll never read any of these books but its fascinating reading about them and what their publication resulted in.
The 12:
Principia Mathematica - by Issac Newton
Married Love - by Marie Stopes
Magna Carta - by Members of the English Ruling Class
The Rule Book of Association Football - by a Group of Former Public School Men
On the Origin of the Species - by Charles Darwin
On the Abolition of the Slave Trade - by William Wilberforce in Parliament
A Vindication of the Rights of Women - by Mary Wollstonecraft
Experimental Researches in Electricity - by Michael Faraday
Patent Specification for Arkwright's Spinning Machine - by Richard Arkwright.
The King James Bible - by William Tyndale and Fifty Four Scholars Appointed by the King
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - by Adam Smith
The First Folio - by William Shakespeare
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