In February 1859, the Geological Society of London bestowed its highest honor on 50-year-old Charles Darwin for his nearly three decades of devotion to the profession. The Wollaston Medal, cast from ...

NUS historian of science Dr John van Wyhe has co-published a groundbreaking new book on Charles Darwin which shows for the first time the extent of his cultural impact over the past 160 years The ...

Charles Darwin’s Address Book is a small brown leather notebook, with “VISITS” and “ADDRESSES” printed on its spine (photo 1) and index-letter tabs in alternating black and red. The entries were begun ...

In The Expression of the Emotions in Men and Animals, Charles Darwin noted his disappointment in artists, writing: “I had hoped to derive much aid from the great masters in painting and sculpture, who ...

With all the controversies and political debates that seem to surround such issues as how to teach students about science and evolution, parents might wish there were some informative and engaging ...

For the first time since his death in 1882, Charles Darwin’s impressive library has been virtually reassembled to reveal the multitude of books, pamphlets and journals cited and read by the ...

CHARLES DARWIN—Henshaw Ward—Bobbs-Merrill ($5). The Man, in his old age, looked exactly like that preposterous old South African, whose picture, displayed in advertisements or in his book, is now in ...

“If I live till I am 80 years old,” Charles Darwin wrote to a friend in November 1837, “I shall not cease to marvel at finding myself an author.” Recently he had received proofs of his first book and ...

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Charles Darwin's years as a student at the University of Cambridge were some of the most important and formative of his early life. Until now, however, Darwin's Cambridge life has remained almost ...

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