Érase una vez la historia de Charles Darwin

Érase una vez la historia de Charles Darwin
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través de dos libros y un video, Olaya Sanfuentes y Ana María Pavez relatan una de las expediciones más importantes de la historia, la que llevó a este científico a recorrer lugares tan recónditos como las pampas argentinas, Tierra del Fuego, los canales del sur de Chile, la Cordillera de los Andes y las islas Galápagos, logrando que los niños se acerquen a la historia de manera sencilla y entretenida.

PBS’s NOVA: Intelligent Design on Trial

NOTE: This is here more for me to rewatch it since I am writing a paper on the evolution/creation issue as it happened in Darby, MT in 2004.

"What’s New" at Darwin Online

These were added to The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online between September 23 and October 20, 2008:

Skinner, A. J. 1927. [Letter of reminiscences of Darwin at Down House]. In Abbot, Twelve great modernists. New York, pp. 247-249. Text Image A newly recorded recollection of Darwin!

Anon. 1885. Unveiling the statue of the late Charles Darwin in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. The Graphic (20 June): 621-22. Text Image

Darwin, C. R. 1882. The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. New York: D. Appleton. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. New York: D. Appleton. Volume 2. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1876. The movements and habits of climbing plants. New York: D. Appleton. Image PDF

Darwin, C. R. 1894. [Note on a Toxodon skull]. In R. Owen ed. The life of Richard Owen. London: John Murray, vol. 1, pp. 119-120. Text Image

Anon. 1897. [Down House to be let]. The Times (25 February): 16. Text

Overview of illustrations of Darwin’s Beagle specimens here.

Howarth. [1933.] A history of Darwin’s parish: Downe, Kent. With a foreword by Sir Arthur Keith. Text Image

1877. M. Taine on the acquisition of language by children. Mind. A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy 2, No. 6 (April): 252-9. Image (Replied to by Darwin in F1779)

de Beer, G. 1968. The Darwin letters at Shrewsbury School. Notes and Records of the Royal Society 23 (1) (June): 68-85. Text Image

New colour images of: Darwin, C. R. 1877. A biographical sketch of an infant. Mind. A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy 2 (7) (July): 285-294. Text Image PDF

Anon. 1894. Proposed memorial to the late Charles Darwin. Public meeting in Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury Chronicle (2 February). [offprint] Image

Wollaston, T. V. 1857. Catalogue of the coleopterous insects of Madeira in the collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. Image

Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. Image

Darwin, C. R. ed. 1842. Fish Part 4 of The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle. by Leonard Jenyns. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum (London).

Darwin, C. R. ed. 1843. Reptiles Part 5 of The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle. by Thomas Bell. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF F9.5 Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum (London).

Darwin, C. R. 1877. The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. New York: D. Appleton. Image PDF (First American edition)

Chancellor, Gordon. Introduction to Volcanic islands

Busk, G. 1852. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cheilostomata (part). London: Trustees of the British Museum. Image

Busk, G. 1854. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, Part II. Cheilostomata (part). London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). Image

Busk, G. 1875. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, Part III. Cyclostomata. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). Image

Abbot, F. E. 3.12.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Bentham, George. 30.5.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Blomefield, L. Jenyns. 1.5.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Butler, T. 13.9.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Calman W. J. 25.4.1912. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Cameron J. H. L. 15.9.[ny]. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Cox C. F. 3.3.1889. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Cradock, E. H. 10.7.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Darwin, William Erasmus. 30.1.[ny]. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Forster, Laura May. 1.1883. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Forster, Laura May. 16.11.1885. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Forster, Laura May. 30.11.1885. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Fraser, George D. 21.3.1888. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Galton, Francis. [nd]. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Hamond, Robert Nicholas 19.9.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Heaviside, James William Lucas. 15.9.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Herbert, J. M. 12.6.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Herbert, J. M. 26.5.1882 [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Innes, John Brodie. 26.6.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

King, Philip Gidley. 8.9.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Litchfield, H. E. 18.3.1887. [Recollections of Darwin’s health.] Text

Mellersh, Arthur. 10.6.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Minching, W. 9.1.1883. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Paget, George Edward. 13.9.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Paget, George Edward. 17.9.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Rodwell, John Medows. 8.7.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Stokes, John Lort. 16.9.1882. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Sulivan, B. J. 12.12.1884. [Recollections of Darwin and the Beagle.] Text

Watkins, F. 18.7.[1887]. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Wedgwood K. E. Sophy. 15.12.1885. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Wedgwood, K. G. S. 14.7.1889. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Marchant, J. ed. 1916. Alfred Russel Wallace letters and reminiscences. Vol. 1. Text

Chancellor, Gordon. Introduction to Coral reefs.

Darwin, Emma. 1882. [Reminiscences of Charles Darwin’s last years.] Text Image

Darwin in Four Minutes

A nice, consice post on Charles Darwin at the history of science and exploration blog, Time to Eat the Dogs.

No More Today in Science History Posts

I will no longer be doing the “Today in Science History” posts on a regular basis. I may occasionally note important births/deaths/events more related to Darwin, but I just don’t have the time this semester to try and post on all naturalists. You can subscribe to the Today in Science History emails here, and check in with these blogs for similar posts: Michael Ryan’s PALAEOBLOG, Bruce Olsen’s Professor Olsen @ Large, and Adrian Thysse’s Evolving Complexity (formerly Mystery of Mysteries).

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C Darwin H.M.S. Beagle

C Darwin H.M.S. Beagle
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Inscription in Charles Darwin’s German-language New Testament, which he took on the Beagle voyage to help brush up on his German.

(c) The Charles Darwin Trust and reproduced with their kind permission.

More info at darwin.gruts.com/weblog/archive/2008/10/22/

Two Revamped Websites: Darwin Day & NCSE

Websites for the National Center for Science Education (compare to old) and Darwin Day Celebration, I noticed today, are looking quite fresh!

RADIO: Living on Earth: Amazing Rare Things

From Living on Earth (15 Aug. 2008):

Naturalist and documentary film- maker Sir David Attenborough talks with host Steve Curwood about his book, “Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery.” In the book, Sir Attenborough explores how artists exposed Europeans to nature in the New World, beginning in the 15th century.

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Source Request: articles on the history of the evolution/creation controversy

I am working on a project for one of my classes (Public History), and at the moment I am looking for articles dealing with the evolution/creation controversy (issue, debate, whatever you want to term it), specifically ones that look at it historically. I have gathered a lot so far, but it would be great if I could get some help from anyone who knows of good articles… Let me know, and if it isn’t one I have come across, all the better!

ID? bird, M Trail, Bozeman, Montana

ID? bird, M Trail, Bozeman, Montana
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Larger version here.

darwin is my homeboy.

darwin is my homeboy.
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Videos from the National Center for Science Education

Teacher Expelled Over Religion

Teaching Creationism in Schools

Creationism Disproved?

Jesus in My School

Putting the "win" in "Darwin"

A new take on the Darwin fish design… Find shirts with the design on eBay, and the original image.

Charlie’s Playhouse: Games and toys insipired by Darwin

From Charlie’s Playhouse:

Because there aren’t any. Our children deserve to know about the dazzling history of life on this planet. Toy stores are brimming with educational toys on every science — physics, chemistry, geology, even biology — but nothing on evolution. We know from our research that parents and teachers are looking for these products.

There are not very many products at the present time. The Beagle folk think they should produce a bathtime Beagle… I’d go back to taking baths!

More Darwin Symposia for 2009

Charles Darwin: Shaping our Science, Society & Future, Charles Darwin University, Sept. 2009

Tribute to Charles Darwin and Bernissart Iguanodons: New perspectives on Vertebrate Evolution and Early Cretaceous Ecosystems, European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists, Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 2009

evolution: evidence & impact, University of Cincinnati, 2008-2009, events ongoing, including a creation vs. evolution Mock Trial this coming week

GALLERY: La Grande Galerie De L’Évolution

A neat gallery of photographs on Flickr of La Grande Galerie De L’Évolution at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.

Dr. John Angus Campbell: The Rhetoric of Charles Darwin

UCTV: Science Programs (& Darwin)

UCTV (Univ. of California Television) has a Science section for its programming. There are plenty of programs involving Darwin and evolution (most of which came from the Focus on Origins series, with many creationist/ID speakers). Only a few of the programs are available to watch however…

Darwin’s Famous Journey Is Recreated in Second Life

From the Chronicle of Higher Education:

Darwin’s Famous Journey Is Recreated in Second Life

The ways in which people celebrate the life and work of Charles Darwin are evolving.

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, the University of Cincinnati has recreated the Galapagos Islands, where Darwin conducted some of his famous research, in Second Life. The project is part of the university’s 2009 Darwin Sesquicentennial Celebration.

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Today in Science History

From Today in Science History:

In 1827, Charles Darwin was accepted into Christ’s College at Cambridge, but did not start until winter term because he needed to catch up on some of his studies. A grandson of Erasmus Darwin of Lichfield, and of Josiah Wedgwood, he had entered the University of Edinburgh in 1825 to study medicine, intending to follow his father Robert’s career as a doctor. However, Darwin found himself unenthusiastic about his studies, including that of geology. Disappointing his family that he gave up on a medical career, he left Edinburgh without graduating in April 1827. His scholastic achievements at Cambridge were unremarkable, but after graduation, Darwin was recommended by his botany professor to be a naturalist to sail on HMS Beagle.

Charles Darwin’s visit to Cwm Idwal on August 14th 1831

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Slate plaque at the interpretative centre at Ogwen Cottage just below Cwm Idwal, commemorating Charles Darwin’s visit to Cwm Idwal on August 14th 1831, and Evan Roberts (first Nature Reserve Warden, 1954). The quotations are given in English (green) and Welsh (red). The quotation by Darwin relates to the glacial origin of the scenic features of Cwm Idwal.

EXHIBIT: Darwin: Big Idea, Big Exhibition

The traveling Darwin exhibit which began at the American Museum of Natural History in New York (and passed through Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and Toronto), is set to open at the Natural History Museum in London in November as Darwin: Big Idea, Big Exhibition. Karen from the HMS Beagle Project is very excited. It will remain in London through the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth (2009/02/12), and I have heard it will head to San Diego afterwards. Now I will have a reason to go visit my family in southern California!

EXHIBIT: Wallace, Darwin and Evolution

“Wallace, Darwin and Evolution” opens October 13th at The Natural History Museum at Tring (Hertfordshire, UK), showcasing original specimens and documents from Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin. Nice to see Wallace’s name first! George Beccaloni has more info.

The Voyage of Charles Darwin (BBC, 1978)

The 1978 drama miniseries from the BBC, The Voyage of Charles Darwin, which has escaped release on DVD somehow in the months before the Darwin year, has been uploaded (all 7 episodes) onto YouTube. Again, no embedding allowed, and I noticed this was put up by the same person who uploaded this. So click here to start watching The Voyage of Charles Darwin.

Only part 1 of Episode 1 is embeddable, so here it is:

Hat-tip to Richard Carter, FCD…