Publication of the final edition of ‘The Origin of Species’, and of ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’.
Writing tagged: ‘richard owen’
Newsletter No. 18: ‘Unnecessary irreligious deductions’
Darwin versus Mivart, plus Darwin-related links and book recommendations.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 14 • 1866’
Getting back to work after prolonged illness.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863’
Six months of illness, and lots of botany.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862’
Darwin grows in confidence.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’
Poking around in flowers’ private parts.
Newsletter No. 4: ‘Giant leaps’
Apollo 11 · Origin of Species · Richard Owen · Charles Lyell · sloths · lice · deaf moths · pregnant lizards · puppy eyes · palaeoanthropology · book reviews · heads on spikes!
Book review: ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ by Deborah Cadbury
The Victorian search for dinosaurs.
Darwin performs a blind test… on some condors
...to see how well they can smell.
How do we know it was Owen?
…who wrote the anonymous, scathing review of ‘On the Origin of Species’?
Archetypes and sterotypes
Brian Switek, FCD, on the Richard Owen (villain) v Thomas Henry Huxley (hero) stereotype.