Peter Parnell’s “Trumpery,” at Olney Theatre Center, is set at Down House, England, the home of Charles Darwin (Ian LeValley). It’s June 1858, 27 years after Darwin boarded the H.M.S. Beagle and ...
A heritage of genius, and its shadow -- Education and self-education of a scientist -- The loss of God -- The making of a masterpiece -- Among the apes and angels -- How the great botanist missed an ...
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 ...
Charles Darwin used the slide to examine volcanic rock as part of his groundbreaking research. The post Lost Charles Darwin ...
Caroline Darwin at the age of 16. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain Charles Darwin was orphaned by his mother at the age of 8. His father, a successful Shrewsbury doctor, never remarried. But he ...
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Lost Charles Darwin microscope slide sells for three times estimate at auction
A microscope slide from Charles Darwin’s HMS Beagle voyage has sold at auction for three times its estimate – after being ...
In a new book, the medical historian Howard Markel homes in on Darwin’s physical and emotional travails — and the colleagues who rallied to his cause. By Sam Kean Sam Kean is the author of six books ...
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