Writing tagged: ‘charles darwin’
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Who says there are no such things as missing links?
What do you buy for the complete Darwin groupie? My friend Bill certainly knew.
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Darwin’s favourite tune
Reminiscing about his father, Charles Darwin’s son Francis wrote: In the evening, that is, after he had read as much as his strength would allow, and before the reading aloud began, he would often lie on the sofa and listen to my mother playing the piano. He had not a good ear, yet in spite…
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Darwin post card
My response to Colin Purrington FCD’s request for examples of Darwin/evolution-related postal art for Darwin Day.
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Darwin Year
So how will the Friends of Charles Darwin be referring to 2010, I hear you ask.
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What do you mean, you’ve never read ‘On the Origin of Species’?
If you consider yourself a Darwin groupie, or simply ‘well-read’, yet you still haven’t read ‘On the Origin of Species’, why not make today’s 150th anniversary of its publication the perfect excuse to start reading the damn thing?
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The brachiopods do not lie!
Image of Charles Darwin spotted in some brachiopods shock!
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20-Feb-1828: Charles Darwin meets Richard Dawkins!
On 20th February 1828, during his university matriculation ceremony, Charles Darwin met a certain Richard Dawkins!
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Darwin’s wen
How Darwin’s facial blemish can help you spot when his image has been reversed.
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Darwin’s beetles
The University of Cambridge Zoological Museum has a rather wonderful box of beetle specimens collected by Charles Darwin when he was at the university. Here are some photos.
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Darwin’s octopus
Photo of an octopus collected by Charles Darwin in the Cape Verde Islands.
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Darwin’s room
Photos from Darwin’s student room at Christ’s College, Cambridge.