Darwin’s Papers Show the Evolution of His Ideas
By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER - THE NEW YORK TIMES
Added: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:54:02 UTC
Just in time for Charles Darwin’s 203rd birthday on Sunday, the American Museum of Natural History is unveiling the first phase of its online Darwin Manuscripts Project, a collection of more than 15,000 digitized manuscript pages and thousands of other documents drawn from Cambridge University Library, the Biodiversity Heritage Library and other institutions around the world. Among the documents available on the Web site are notes from Darwin’s time aboard the HMS Beagle, pocket diaries, early drafts of works like “The Origin of Species” (viewable with and without Darwin’s revisions), and previously unpublished manuscripts like an “experiment book” describing Darwin’s original research on plant breeding strategies, begun in 1856. In addition to revealing Darwin’s intellectual evolution, the project also reveals Darwin’s sometimes less-than-careful treatment of some of his own papers.
Read more
Tweet
RELATED CONTENT
Lost Charles Darwin fossils...
- - BBC News - Science & Environment 10 Comments
A "treasure trove" of fossils - including some collected by Charles Darwin - has been re-discovered in an old cabinet.
Will a new HMS Beagle set sail in 2013?
Peter McGrath - The Guardian 11 Comments
The HMS Beagle Project is seeking a port in the UK where a modern replica of the ship that carried Darwin on his famous voyage will be built.
RSS Feeds
Comments
Comment RSS Feed
Please sign in or register to comment
View Comments Page