Writing tagged: ‘william whewell’

  • 02-Jan-1860: Whewell sets the right tone

    02-Jan-1860: Whewell sets the right tone

    On 2nd January 1860, the mathematician, science historian, polymath, and coiner of the term ‘scientist’, William Whewell, wrote to Charles Darwin to acknowledge receipt of his copy of the first edition of ‘On the Origin of Species’.