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In 1859, Charles Darwin published his seminal work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, and marked a turning point ...
You now have your chance to explore most of Charles Darwin's personal writing. The University of Cambridge has published all of the evolutionary scientist's surviving correspondence online, including ...
Two of naturalist Charles Darwin's notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University's library have been returned, two decades after they disappeared. The university said Tuesday that the ...
It may seem peculiar to write a biography of a book, but Darwin's Origin of Species is certainly a worthy subject. A foremost Darwin biographer, Browne takes a straightforward approach to the life and ...
A set of rare notebooks filled with notes by Charles Darwin have been anonymously returned to the University of Cambridge, over 20 years after they were initially reported missing. The two notebooks – ...
Librarians of the world, rejoice! Two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks containing his famed Tree of Life sketch were returned to the Cambridge University library more than two decades after they were ...
I was down in London over the weekend and paid a visit to the National Portrait Gallery where I was determined to seek out ...
Jerry A. Coyne is professor emeritus in the department of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago. He is the author of “Speciation” (with H. Allen Orr), “Why Evolution Is True” and “Faith ...
The iconic notebooks, which include Darwin's 1837 Tree of Life sketch, were returned to Cambridge University's Library last month. They'll be on display soon as part of a Darwin exhibition. Good ...
In the long history of religion there have been many pairs of unlikely friends and rivals. One thinks of David and Saul, Peter and Paul, Saints Dominic and Francis. This occurs in modern times also, ...
A schooner set sail Tuesday from the south coast of England to train and inspire a new generation of naturalists by retracing the voyage taken by a young Charles Darwin nearly 200 years ago that led ...