Books such as Charles Lyell's recently published Principles of Geology had a profound impact, making him think about slow processes which occur over vast periods of time. During the trip ...

A book review of Origin by Asa Gray in the Atlantic ... Image: Ellen Sharples, Charles Darwin at age Seven, 1816; Mauli and Fox, Charles Darwin, circa 1850-1860; J. Cameron, Charles Darwin ...

The journey of young Charles Darwin aboard His Majesty's Ship Beagle ... and that natural selection is the mechanism. He wrote a book called The Origin of Species and persuaded everyone, except ...

To illustrate his theory, Darwin bred the birds to have exaggerated features. Original line drawing of an English Pouter pigeon from the book Variation in Animals and Plants under Domestication by ...

In his book Art Matters, the art theorist Peter ... manufacturing family whose potteries produced fine porcelain, and Charles Darwin were first cousins). Those branching patterns seemed to be ...

This video for high-school students highlights Charles Darwin's personal struggle to bring ... led to the publication of his groundbreaking book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural ...

Scherrikar Bell: He proposed a brand new idea to explain the origin of all species on earth and wrote it all down in a book called, "On the Origin of Species." Yep, this guy. Charles Darwin ...

Notice its tail – the same shape as a beaver’s – and its furry, otter-like body. Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species is arguably the most important book in biology – after all, it’s where he ...