Writing tagged: ‘alexander von humboldt’
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 22 • 1874’
Revising ‘Coral Reefs’ and ‘The Descent of Man’, continuing work on insectivorous plants, and a second dispute with St George Jackson Mivart.
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Newsletter No. 7: ‘Stirring up the mud’
160 years after Darwin ‘stirred up the mud’, the ‘controversy’ over evolution by means of natural selection was settled long ago, as far as the scientific community is concerned.
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Newsletter No. 5: ‘Discovery and adventure’
Marking the anniversary of Charles Darwin setting sail aboard HMS Beagle.
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Book review: ‘The Invention of Nature’ by Andrea Wulf
The adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science.
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Melv does Humboldt
‘In Our Time’ does Humboldt.