Charles Darwin was popular, famous, and respected before Evolution. His 5 year adventure on the Beagle is more accessible to a wider audience. It is a great adventure story. A good story will beat out dry science most of the time. read more
Charles Darwin was popular, famous, and respected before Evolution. His 5 year adventure on the Beagle is more accessible to a wider audience. It is a great adventure story. read more
Charles Robert Darwin was born February 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire England to Robert and Susannah Darwin. He was the fifth of six Darwin children. His mother died when he was eight, so he was sent off to boarding school in Shrewsbury where he was a mediocre student at best. read more
Their importance in science is inescapable: the whole field of evolutionary biology is founded on his work. More generally, his influence can be felt in how the Christian orthodoxy that underpinned most science has fallen away, and even in our understanding of human interactions, summed up by the phrase "social Darwinism". read more