With ID proponents increasingly and more loudly decrying Darwin as the reason the Holocaust happened, Bogused-Up copies of The Origin being circulated by Banana Loving Christians, and attacks on real science and real science education in the US continuing as though there were no Constitution or court system telling them to take it down a notch, it is appropriate to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species with a certain amount of noise and gusto. I won't say that is the only way to do it, but it is one way. There are not a lot of other days on which one can do this. Well, zero, really.
Obviously, I'm doing it here in my own humble way with a day of mostly Origin or Darwin related posts, but here's a few other loci in the blogosphere (and elsewhere) you may visit if you just need more Darwin:
Check out On Origin's anniversary, it's time for some legacy-thinking at The Beagle Project Blog
Urban Science Adventures has Origin of Species celebrates 150 years of publication
The Island of Doubt: The Ultimate Charles Darwin Coffee-Table Book
Charles Darwin and His Impact at The Rice Standard
The Beagle Diary has Darwin's On the Origin of Species was published 150 years ago today on the 24 November 1859
150 years since the publication of On the origin of species today at Code for Life.
Fellow 99% Apes - Happy Evolution Day...! at Alter Ego
Smart Planet: 10 ways to celebrate today's 'Origin of Species' birthday
And a CNN interview with Richard Dawkins HERE.
The Red Notebook: What do you mean, you've never read 'On the Origin of Species'?
Ego Sum Daniel: 150 years ago on this day...
Radar Love: Origin of Spices
Henry Gee of I, Editor: An Sesquicentennial Thought
Pharyngula: Happy Anniversary, Origin...some good news and Happy Anniversary, Origin...some bad news
"Lives of the Saints of Science: Darwin," Thus Spake Zuska
Laelaps: How I will celebrate Origin Day
Life Science
Comments
I did a commemorative post, too.
Posted by: DNLee | November 24, 2009 4:11 PM
Added!
Posted by: Greg Laden | November 24, 2009 4:32 PM
If I may I'll submit my humble contribution: http://egosumdaniel.blogspot.com/2009/11/150-years-ago.html
Thanks for collecting all of these pages on one spot!
I must say, I'm really annoyed at some of the reports that feel the need to bring up social Darwinism and such... I mean, why!? I suppose it has to do with "balance"... bleh.
Posted by: Daniel Ocampo Daza | November 24, 2009 5:10 PM
If we're going to be plugging posts, my sister wrote a short post for the anniversary (my nephew's middle name is Darwin and the blog is about him, so it seems rather appropriate for her to honor his namesake.) :-)
Posted by: The Science Pundit | November 24, 2009 5:11 PM
I did one too, which Your Loftiness has seen fit to ignore.
http://network.nature.com/people/henrygee/blog/2009/11/24/an-sesquicentennial-thought
Posted by: cromercrox | November 24, 2009 6:53 PM
Hey, I did just one little google search to get it rolling! Added added added . Keep em coming.
Posted by: Greg Laden | November 24, 2009 7:13 PM