This is the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species. I will be posting Darwin related items all day.
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Premiering October 6th, the two-hour drama will coincide with the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of his seminal work On the Origin of the Species.
In 1858 Charles Darwin received a letter from naturalist Alfred Wallace, explaining his own theory of evolution. This was…
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…
The Vatican is sponsoring a five day conference to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species.
The subject is the compatibility of evolution and creation.
More at the BBC
This story, if true, is rather sad. 2009 will be a major date for evolutionary biology, both the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth, and the 150th of the publication of the Origin (note to self: must publish earth-shaking treatise on 50th birthday to make future commemorations simpler*.)…
And, what's the proper gift for a 150th anniversary?
Seriously? Nice pictures, but can't we tell a better story than that?
Arguably the most influential book of science ever, Origin of Species is still a great read. (Galileo's A Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems comes a distant second, but is also worth reading.)Darwin not only deduced the engine of evolution from what was then scanty and uncertain evidence, but he worked out its applications in fields that would not develop for another century -- such as evolutionary psychology. And yet, in contrast to Einstein, every word of Origin of Species is comprehensible to a lay person. Truly a work of humble genius. Congratulations, Mr. Darwin, wherever you are!
(And thank you, Greg Laden, for pointing out a date that deserves celebration.)
-- Clay