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Writing tagged: ‘richard owen’

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!

Published 20-Jul-2019
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: anthropology, charles lyell, dogs, expression of emotions, insects, origin of species, richard owen, sloths, space

Book review: ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ by Deborah Cadbury

The Victorian search for dinosaurs.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Reviews Genres: Biographies, Science/History Books Tags: books, reviews, richard owen

Darwin performs a blind test… on some condors

...to see how well they can smell.

Published 19-Jun-2010
Filed under: Blog Tags: beagle voyage, birds, charles darwin, experiments, richard owen, voyage of the beagle (book)

How do we know it was Owen?

…who wrote the anonymous, scathing review of ‘On the Origin of Species’?

Published 19-Jul-2008
Filed under: Articles Tags: charles darwin, joseph dalton hooker, richard owen

Archetypes and sterotypes

Brian Switek, FCD, on the Richard Owen (villain) v Thomas Henry Huxley (hero) stereotype.

Published 21-Mar-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: members, richard owen, thomas henry huxley

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