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Newsletter No. 7: ‘Stirring up the mud’

160 years after Darwin ‘stirred up the mud’, the ‘controversy’ over evolution by means of natural selection was settled long ago, as far as the scientific community is concerned.

Published 03-Jul-2020
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alexander von humboldt, asa gray, charles darwin, charles lyell, emma darwin (née Wedgwood), joseph dalton hooker, samuel wilberforce, thomas henry huxley

Newsletter No. 5: ‘Discovery and adventure’

Our fifth newsletter marks the anniversary of Charles Darwin setting sail aboard HMS Beagle.

Published 27-Dec-2019
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alexander von humboldt, beagle voyage, charles lyell, climate change, dippers, dogs, fossils, great apes, hominins, homo erectus, human evolution, neanderthals, the mount, voyage of the beagle (book)
‘The Invention of Nature’ by Andrea Wulf

Book review: ‘The Invention of Nature’ by Andrea Wulf

The adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science.

Published 29-Feb-2016
Filed under: Reviews Genres: History of Science, People Tags: alexander von humboldt, books, reviews, south america

Melv does Humboldt

'In Our Time' does Humboldt.

Published 28-Sep-2006
Filed under: Blog Tags: alexander von humboldt, in our time, podcasts

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