DISCUSSION TOPIC: DARWIN ANNIVERSARIES
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Possible Starting Places
Voyage That Shook The World: A documentary produced for the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of the Species.
"200th Anniversary Charles Darwin David Attenborough," BBC Documentary:
"The
Evolution Of Charles Darwin,"
CBC Ideas, November-December 2009: A superb 4-hour audio documentary.
Darwin In The News
Charles Darwin -- Guardian:
A comprehensive collection of articles from the Guardian.
Charles Darwin -- Times Topics:
An anthology of articles from the New York Times.
Howard Falcoln-Long, "Charles Darwin's Ecological Experiment On Ascension Isle," BBC News, September 1, 2010.
"Darwin
Book Fetches Over 100,000 Pounds,"
BBC News, November 25, 2009.
"Appeal
Over Charles Darwin's Missing Galapagos Notes,"
BBC News, November 24, 2009.
"Protest
At Darwin Sculpture Event,"
BBC News, October 8, 2009.
"Memorial For Darwin Slave Mentor," BBC News, March 9, 2009.
Richard Handler, "Charles Darwin: A Really Dangerous Mind," CBC News, February 17, 2009.
"Richard
Dawkins On Charles Darwin,"
BBC News, February 14, 2009.
"Darwin's
Galapagos," BBC
News, February 12, 2009.
Jeremy Kutner, "On 'Darwin Day,' Many Americans Beg To Differ," Christian Science Monitor, February 12, 2009.
Nicholas Wade, "Darwin, Ahead Of His Time, Is Still Influential," New York Times, February 9, 2009.
Gregory M. Lamb, "Darwin's
Sacred Cause,"
Christian Science Monitor, February 3, 2009.
Christopher Benfey, "Charles Darwin, Abolitionist," New York Times, January 29, 2009.
David Papineau, "Natural Selections," New York Times, May 14, 1995.
Articles
Lane Wallace, "Celebrating
The Origin Of The Species,"
Atlantic (September 18, 2009).
Richard C. Lewontin, "Why Darwin?," New York Review Of Books (May 28, 2009).
"Evolution: Unfinished Business," Economist (February 5, 2009).
Thomas Hayden, "What
Darwin Didn't Know,"
Smithsonian (February 2009).
Adam Gopnik, "How
Lincoln And Darwin Shaped The Modern World,"
Smithsonian (February 2009).
Richard Conniff, "On The Origin Of A Theory," Smithsonian (June 2008).
Frank J. Sulloway, "The Evolution Of Charles Darwin," Smithsonian (December 2005).
Web-Sites
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), BBC Historic Figures: A very concise introduction.
Darwin's Dangerous Idea:
A companion web-site to the BBC Andrew Marr documentary from the Open
University.
AboutDarwin.Com: A site dedicated to the life and times of Charles Darwin.
Audio And Video Sites
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: A video documentary to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the publication of the Origin of the Species.
"Darwin,"
In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, January 8, 2009.
"After
200 Years, Darwin's Legacy Still Evolving,"
Talk Of The Nation, February 6, 2009.
Origin Of Species By Charles Darwin: A 1993 documentary.