Charles Darwin’s closest brush with death during the Beagle voyage came on Sunday 13th January 1833, near that most infamous of nautical perils, Cape Horn.
Writing tagged: ‘charles darwin’
Book review: ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms’ by Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin's wonderful final book.
Thomas Wedgwood: the Uncle of Photography
As historians of science are forever reminding us (although nobody listens to those killjoys), we enter dangerous territory when we start to discuss the ‘first’ person to do X, the ‘lone genius’ who invented Y, or the ‘Father of’ Great Idea Z.
Charles Darwin on the family tree of languages
In ‘On the Origin of Species’, Darwin hypothesises that the family tree of languages must closely reflect the family tree of the different races of mankind that speak them.
Golf: the Darwin connection
As we all know, absolutely everything has a Charles Darwin connection. As golf's 143rd Open Championship tees off in my native Wirral, I find evidence of its Darwin connection on display.
Book review: ‘Darwin & His Children’ by Tim M. Berra
His other legacy.
Charles Darwin: book-vandal
On Charles Darwin's horrific mistreatment of books.
Darwin struggles with German
Sir Francis Darwin's reminiscences about his father include an amusing passage describing Charles Darwin's approach to reading German.
11-Jul-1836: Darwin visits Napoleon
Towards the end of her second voyage, HMS Beagle called at the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic. Darwin took the opportunity to visit the grave of St Helena’s most famous former occupant/prisoner, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Bank of England caves in to pressure
The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, will look at the women represented on banknotes by the end of July.
Change for a tenner?
My considered, and totally unbiased thoughts on who should replace Darwin on the £10 note.
Darwin and Wallace: the lost photograph
I'd heard the legend, of course. Every Darwin groupie has. The missing photograph of the two independent discoverers of evolution by means of Natural Selection, Darwin and Wallace, standing side-by-side. Together. In the same frame.