Writing tagged: ‘darwin’s illness’
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 15 • 1867’
Correcting proofs and researching human evolution, sexual selection, and expressions.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 13 • 1865 plus supplement (1822–1864)’
Yet more ill-heath, with slow progress on Darwin’s ‘big book’.
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Newsletter No. 12: ‘A comparatively free man’
A poorly Darwin writes to his cousin • links and book recommendations • the evolution of the eye • and more…
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Newsletter No. 3: ‘Knee-deep in barnacles’
Marking Charles Darwin’s 210th birthday.
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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.
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Shock treatment
Charles Darwin tries galvanisation.
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Such modest ambitions, Mr Darwin!
In 1841, Darwin’s ill-health evidently left him with low expectations of his future ability to contribute to science.