Charles Darwin

• Doubt: Charles Darwin: From Bible-Quoter to Bible-Thumper

marks both the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 1 50th anniversary of his epochal Origin of Species. The famed Englishman's scientific works caused volcanic eruptions of doubt throughout the religious world. In his personal life, writes Jewish Star Editor Douglas Wertheimer, Darwin's break with religious belief was dramatic, but not traumatic. WHEN Charles Darwin published the Origin of Species in 1859 - described by the late R. B. Freeman as "certainly the most important biological book ever written" - he believed that the theory of evolution by natural selection dealt solely with changes which had occurred in time to organisms on this planet ("secondary causes"). Whatever one's conclusion, it is clear, as Alvar Ellegârd acutely observes, that to the genera...

• Chicago Jewish Star
• September 02, 2009

• Charles Darwin and Printing

On this, the 200th anniversary of his birth Charles Darwin is being celebrated with major museum exhibits, television specials, books, magazine articl...

• Printing Industries of America, The Magazine
• Vol. 1 Nbr. 3, June 2009

• Review: Charles Darwin's 'Creation' Lacks Spark

The theory that revolutionized scientific thinking should make a more exciting movie than "Creation. Billed as "the true story of Charles Darwin," the movie suggests that he was mightily torn by how his theory of evolution might affect Christianity and its teaching that all creation was made in one week. The trouble is that inner thoughts are difficult to photograph. Director Jon Amiel may be commended for his effort to make an intellectual movie rather than a melodrama. But he has failed to capture the fire of Darwin's inner debate, the conflict with his devoutly Christian wife or the ruckus his theory caused in society.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• April 26, 2010

• in Re Darwin Charles Brown, Appellant., 454 F.2d 999 (D.C. Cir. 1971)

Mr. Thomas S. Jackson, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. James P. Schaller, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Edgar T. Bellinge...

• Federal Circuits

• Ted Kennedy and Charles Darwin

Probably no living politician has been subjected to more searching media scrutiny than the senior senator from Massachusetts, Edward M. Kennedy. In the twilight of his long career Mr. Kennedy is now the subject of Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy (Simon & Schuster, $28, 464 pages), a joint biography by staff reporters of the Boston Globe, under the editorial guidance of Peter S. Canellos. The result, against all odds, is a readable, relatively objective study of the once most-vilified man in contemporary American politics.

• The Washington Times
• March 08, 2009

• Briefs: Track Charles Darwin's Origins in London

For those planning a summer tip to London, the city and its environs will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin throughout the year. For example, visitors can tour Down House, Darwin's home in Kent. Take a suburban train to Orpington Station and then transfer to bus R8. The entire trip takes about an hour; train fare, which includes a free bus transfer, starts at about $9.25 round trip Down House admission about $12.75; the house is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m., the grounds until 6 p.m., through Aug. 31. It's open daily in July and August but is closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Details: www.english-heritage.org.uk.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• May 11, 2009

• Following in Darwin's Footsteps During a Visit to the Galapagos

If you go GALAPAGOS: Visitor numbers are limited and access is regulated, so a packaged tour or cruise is a must. Rates vary depending on time of year, length of stay and type of accommodations. Ecuador's official tourist site - Ecuador.travel -- offers basic information and sample pricing at http://bit.ly/ pKrDqK. One website for U.S.-based tour operators is www.discovergalapagos.com. GETTING THERE: Fly from Quito or Guayaquil, Ecuador, to the Galapagos islands of Baltra or San Cristobal. A $100 per-person fee ($50 for children) is required at the airport for access to the Galapagos National Park, www.galapagospark.org/. CHARLES DARWIN FOUNDATION: www.darwinfoundation.org/english/pages/index.php SANTA CRUZ, Galapagos Islands - The sea lion nursed her pup under a prickly pear cactus whi...

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• August 21, 2011

• The Beagle's native son: among the observations of Charles Darwin on his famous voyage is the strange story of Jemmy Button, a Yamana Indian taken from South America to England and later returned to his homeland.

When Charles Darwin sailed from England on December 27, 1831, aboard the HMS Beagle, he took the first notes that were to culminate many thousands of ...

• Americas (English Edition)
• Vol. 57 Nbr. 3, May 2005

• Earth's endless forms: the fascinating interchange between the revolutionary theories of Charles Darwin and art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries is explored in a groundbreaking interdisciplinary exhibition.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE IDEA OF A LINK between Charles Darwin (180982), the scientist, and the visual arts is at first surprising. Yet, Darwin wa...

• USA Today Magazine
• Vol. 137 Nbr. 2768, May 2009

• Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).

Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were both born on February 12, 1809, a fact one never forgets for its poignancy. At the time of their birth, Lincol...

• The Humanist
• Vol. 69 Nbr. 1, January 2009