Newsletter No. 8: Reading for amusement

Darwin reads Malthus · mass extinctions · earthworms · Gilbert White · Lonesome George · lichen · zebras · Neanderthals · life on Venus? · bats · book reviews · and more…

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Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin

To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.

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Book review: ‘Gilbert White: A biography of the author of The Natural History of Selborne’ by Richard Mabey

Brief biography based on limited documentation—so probably the definitive one!

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I'm dreaming of a White winter

Gilbert White always seemed to get snow in January.

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