Writing tagged: ‘pigeons’
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 30 • 1882’
The end of a magnificent era.
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Book review: ‘Darwin’s Pigeons’ by Richard Bailey
A sumptuous photobook of pigeon varieties.
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Hats off to Tegetmeier!
Today marks the 196th anniversary of the birth of one of my favourite mini-heroes of science, W.B. Tegetmeier.
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A cat amongst the pigeons
Darwin rises yet further in my esteem
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03-May-1859: The first review of ‘On the Origin of Species’…
On 3rd May 1859, the first reviewer of ‘On the Origin of Species’, Whitwell Elwin, politely suggested Darwin might do better writing a book about pigeons.
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How about a nice little book on pigeons?
How (supposedly) Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ was nearly not published.