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John Whitfield is a London-based freelance science writer. He writes mostly about evolution, ecology and conservation; his work has appeared in Nature, Science, Scientific American, Seed, New Scientist and others.
In the Beat of a Heart: Life, Energy and the Unity of Nature
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After careful reflection, I'd say it is worth reading The Origin of Species. Biology doesn't erase it's past, as I thought. It just forgets to cite it. The Origin is biology's hub -- all the routes that the science has...
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how far more interesting, I speak from experience, will the study of natural history become!
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"community of descent is the hidden bond which naturalists have been unconsciously seeking, and not some unknown plan of creation"
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"I suspended a duck's feet, which might represent those of a bird sleeping in a natural pond, in an aquarium."
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Some smelly experiments.
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The big picture.
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A sense of unease.
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Into the fact-swamp.
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Mucking about with reality.
Posted by John Whitfield at 6:30 AM • 8 Comments •
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See Darwin wrestle.
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