December 2008 – The Friends of Charles Darwin

Book Review: Darwin Slept Here

A short review of Eric Simons's forthcoming book, Darwin Slept Here.

Moleskine inspirations

Just for a bit of inspiration, the other week I took a few images produced by scientific geniuses, resized them to fit neatly into my Moleskine notebook, printed and cut them out, and stuck them in.

Beagle book

I've finally got round to posting areview of Keith S Thomson's HMS Beagle: the ship that changed the course of history.

Hello, Republic of Nauru!

The Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from the Republic of Nauru.

Hello, Dominican Republic!

The Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from the Dominican Republic.

NEWSLETTER

Newsletter No. 11: Give that man a medal!
A contentious gong · loads of links · book recommendations · Alfred Russel Wallace’s missing ‘L‘
Newsletter No. 10: Attending a very little to species
In which Darwin gets to work on species, and I disappear down a research rabbit-hole. With loads of links to recent Darwin- and evolution-related stories.