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Book review: ‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’ by Roland Jackson

‘The Ascent of John Tyndall’ by Roland Jackson

A long-overdue biography of the Victorian scientist, mountaineer, and public intellectual.

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The ghost of John Tyndall solves a mystery (probably)

Book inscription

How a Twitter conversation with the ghost of John Tyndall (friend of Charles Darwin), helped identify the likely source of a morbid inscription in one of his books.

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Old friends, New Fragments, old inscriptions

Book inscription

In which I find an enigmatic inscription written inside an old book.

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Transcribing Tyndall

Michael Barton, FCD has a new blog.

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Recent Posts

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  • The Darwin bicentennial oak, 10 years on
    Ten years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.
  • Hello, Azerbaijan!
    I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Azerbaijan.
  • A cat among the pigeons
    Could Charles Darwin really have been a moggy murderer?
  • Maureen Brian, FCD (12 June 1942 – 31 July 2018)
    I was sad to learn via Facebook that Maureen Brian died earlier today.
  • The problem writing a book about Charles Darwin
    …there are so damn many of the things already, how do you make your book different?

Recent Articles

RSS Recent Articles

  • 03-Dec-1831: Darwin’s first night aboard HMS Beagle
    Darwin records his experimentations with a hammock.
  • 29-Jan-1839: Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood
    On 29th January 1839, after a short courtship and engagement, Charles Darwin married his cousin Emma Wedgwood at St Peter's Church, Maer, Staffordshire.
  • 14-May-1856: Darwin starts writing his ‘big species book’
    On 14 May 1856, Charles Darwin recorded in his journal that, on the advice of his friend Charles Lyell, after almost 20 years exploring the subject, he had finally begun writing a ‘sketch’ of his ideas on species.
  • If humans evolved from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys?
    This is a question frequently posed by creationists—and quite often by perfectly rational people…
  • 13-Jan-1833: The day HMS Beagle nearly sank
    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.

Newsletter

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  • Newsletter No. 3: Knee-deep in barnacles
    Our third newsletter marks Charles Darwin’s 210th birthday.
  • Newsletter No. 2: Writing with a dip pen
    Our second newsletter marks the 159th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’…

Recent Reviews

RSS Recent Reviews

  • Book review: ‘The Seabird’s Cry’ by Adam Nicolson
    The lives of puffins, gannets, and other ocean voyagers.
  • Book review: ‘Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species’ by Sabina Radeva
    Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection explained for young children.
  • Book review: ‘Landfill’ by Tim Dee
    A celebration of gulls.

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On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
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