Writing tagged: ‘charles darwin’
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Book review: ‘Darwin in Scotland’ by J.F. Derry
Edinburgh, evolution and enlightenment.
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Book review: ‘Darwin’s Sacred Cause’ by Adrian Desmond and James Moore
How Charles Darwin’s abhorrence of slavery influenced his science.
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Book review: ‘Darwin’ by Niles Eldredge
A fascinating analysis of the development of Darwin’s thinking.
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Book review: ‘Charles Darwin’ by Cyril Aydon
A short, very readable biography of Charles Darwin.
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Book review: ‘Darwin’s Garden’ by Michael Boulter
The first book with the word Darwin on the spine that I ever gave up on.
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Book review: ‘Darwin’s Mysterious Illness: A medical puzzle unsolved for 150 years’ by Robert Youngson
13-page booklet examining the possible causes for Darwin’s illness.
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Video: Peter Greenaway’s ‘Darwin’
Peter Greenaway’s 53-minute exploration of the life and work of Charles Darwin.
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Two triumphant predictions for science
In which one of Darwin’s correspondents compares Darwin’s famous moth prediction with the prediction of the orbit of the planet Neptune.
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Video: ‘Darwin: A Portrait in Ink’
Timelapse video of someone drawing an ink portrait of Darwin.
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Video: ‘The Evolution of Charles Darwin’
Best selling author John Darnton shares his insight into the life and work of Charles Darwin.
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Darwin gets his hair cut
I just came across two delightful animations about Charles Darwin made by London schoolchildren. I’m sure they must have done the rounds in the science blogosphere before, but I somehow missed them.
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Darwin’s uncontrollable farting
Letter to the London Review of Books, in response to a recent piece claiming that Darwin suffered from uncontrollable farting.