First there was the Darwin Correspondence Project. Then came the Tyndall Correspondence Project. And now, George Beccaloni has just announced the Wallace Correspondence Project. All very exciting for students of Victorian science.
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tags: Darwin, Darwin Correspondence Project, evolution, biology
I have mentioned this before when the project was first underway, but all of Darwin's letters are now catalogued online for everyone to read. For those of you who don't know, Darwin was a prolific correspondent, regularly writing to…
Gracias!
Awesome! Now to start the Huxley, Owen, and Cuvier correspondence projects...
And why hasn't Endersby started the Hooker Correspondence Project?!?
@Brian (Laelaps)
The Huxley correspondence will probably be online in the near future.
@Michael
I have no idea.
Is Adrian Desmond doing something with Huxley's letters?
I think so.