linked to by 7 added on Thu 12th Feb 09
linked to by 1If you do not know, Thursday is a big day - Darwin Day 2009. A global celebration in honor of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. Today I am making a suggestion of 10 simple things you can do to honor Darwin:Read one of his books OTHER than Origin...
Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin’s and Abraham Lincoln. Yes, these two important people were born on the same day in the same year, February 12, 1809. One would go on to explain how humans evolved as part of nature, and the...
Unless youve been hiding in a cave in the Tora Bora Mountains or somewhere similarly remote youll have heard that this is a big Darwin year. Not only is it the great mans 200th birthday (today, February 12th), but November will also see the 150th anniversary...
Well, as you've read here and elsewhere, this is a big year for (among other things) Darwin celebration. There are all sorts of wonderful essays, documentaries, discussions, lectures and so forth all around. Be sure to look at some of this work, and get involved....
Today marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, and later this year will see the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. Scientists have a reputation as being a bit unsentimental, but we do have a habit of marking major intellectual...
There has been an awful lot of hand-wringing going on over Charles Darwin lately. Some have picked up a long-running meme and proclaim "One hundred fifty years without Darwin is too long!" while others declare that we should kill every Darwin we meet. Just...
As you may know, I have be (re-)reading the On the Origin of Species as part of a small discussion group made up of students from my most recent evolution course. I am always struck by how much Darwin knew, not only in terms of his enormous collation of specific...