Writing tagged: ‘richard owen’
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Newsletter No. 21: ‘A large body of facts’
How Darwin politely encouraged sceptics to consider the merits of his theory—and how he was right • plus the usual recommended books and links…
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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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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 20 • 1872’
Publication of the final edition of ‘The Origin of Species’, and of ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’.
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Newsletter No. 18: ‘Unnecessary irreligious deductions’
Darwin versus Mivart, plus Darwin-related links and book recommendations.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 14 • 1866’
Getting back to work after prolonged illness.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863’
Six months of illness, and lots of botany.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862’
Darwin grows in confidence.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’
Poking around in flowers’ private parts.
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Newsletter No. 4: ‘Giant leaps’
Apollo 11 • Origin of Species • Richard Owen • Charles Lyell • sloths • lice • deaf moths • pregnant lizards • puppy eyes • palaeoanthropology • book reviews • heads on spikes!
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Sir Richard Owen: the archetypal villain
‘What a strange man to be envious of a naturalist like myself, immeasurably his inferior!’—Charles Darwin.
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Book review: ‘The Dinosaur Hunters’ by Deborah Cadbury
The Victorian search for dinosaurs.
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Darwin performs a blind test… on some condors
…to see how well they can smell.