April 17, 2008
A Digital Theory of Evolution
Cambridge University Library has placed Charles Darwin’s private notes, drafts, and recipes on the Web—for free!
The collection, which includes the first draft of On The Origin of Species, comprises some 20,000 items and 90,000 images. They are available at darwin-online.org.uk, which bills the collection as “the largest and most widely used Darwin publication in history.”—Catherine Rampell
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Cool! This should be interesting. Darwin’s thinking was certainly remarkable, especially given that he had no way of knowing much about molecular or population biology. Fortunately, we’ve come a long way in understanding the mechanisms of evolution about which Darwin and Wallace had no possible clue.
— Joe Erwin Apr 18, 08:19 AM #
No, actually we really don’t understand a thing about “evolution”. Scientists have theorized more and have made more assumptions but the basics are still missing. Evolution has no more basis in fact than when Darwin and others first postulated it.
— ysgrifennu Apr 21, 11:58 AM #
Hm, I never knew that, ysgrifennu…thanks for the useful post :-)
— Spanky Context Apr 21, 05:15 PM #