Chuck D’s 200
On February 12 we mark the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin.
I’ve read a lot of good books and even more bad books, and I’m ashamed to admit that I have not read probably the most important book ever written, The Origin of Species. (Although I know that Darwin’s grandfather founded the Wedgwood china factory.) So I’m going to try and make up for my ignorance by reading TOS and keeping a diary of the experience. Join me.
More on Darwin’s 200th at Science News.
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January 28th, 2009 at 07:53
Re Darwin’s 200th, a London-based science writer, who has written mostly about evolution, ecology and conservation, is having fun reading “The Origin of Species” FOR THE FIRST TIME and blogging about it. He’s now in Chapter 7, “Instinct”.
http://scienceblogs.com/bloggingtheorigin/
January 28th, 2009 at 11:35
do you have a book? because if you don’t, check this out
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/origin/introduction.html
I’m not really into reading in front of a monitor. but whatever.
January 28th, 2009 at 11:41
In college I found TOS in UP College of Science library, not in the CAL library. So it’s pretty tedious to look for and borrow the book if you’re not a science major.
January 28th, 2009 at 16:11
“On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life”
No wonder they shorten the title to Origin of Species. Doesnt fit with the hagiography. :D
January 28th, 2009 at 21:35
i honestly don’t know if your a redditor or digg-er.
January 28th, 2009 at 22:40
It’s a sad fact that in the United States, only around 14% of adults consider evolution to be true- according to one survey. In the Philippines, the percentage probably isn’t any better. None of my biology teachers really understood how evolution actually works- other than the remark that we’re supposed to be descended from chimpanzees or something to that effect.
Still, evolution has got to be one of the strongest theories in science. The evidence is so overwhelming that even if the fossil record did not exist, evolutionary genetics would still confirm the theory. Thanks for the meticulous work, Charles… the human race owes you one.