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  • 19 Aug 2022
    Jason Rosenhouse

    The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism

    The relationship of mathematics to biology is fascinating. Understanding why anti-evolutionist arguments fail can help us think clearly about this relationship.

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  • 7 May 2020
    Devin Griffiths

    Darwin and the “web of complex relations”

    Darwin was sick most of the time. He spent his adult life trying to recover from the physical toll taken by his famous Beagle voyage. But he was also fascinated by disease, especially diseases, like rabies, that could infect animals as well as humans. For Darwin, the movement of disease between species suggested the common […]

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  • 4 Nov 2017
    Samantha Evans

    Thereza Story-Maskelyne 1834–1926

    Marie Curie at 150 – Celebrating Women in STEM The enigmatic female figure on the cover of Darwin and Women, pointing a telescope at a murky sea, is Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn, the daughter of the Welsh photographic pioneer John Dillwyn Llewelyn and his wife Emma, also a photographer. Thereza herself experimented with photographic techniques. The […]

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  • 29 Mar 2017
    Samantha Evans

    Julia Wedgwood’s Pamphlet on Women’s Suffrage

    Sam Evans, author of Darwin and Women, explores the life of Julia "Snow" Wedgwood - English feminist novelist, biographer, historian and literary critic - and Emma and Charles Darwin's niece.

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  • 24 Jan 2017
    Samantha Evans

    Emma Darwin and women’s higher education

    In this blog post Samantha Evans, editor of Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters, looks at the life of Emma Darwin and her relationship with women's higher education.

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  • 24 Jan 2017
    Samantha Evans

    Darwin and Women: the story of Amy and Elizabeth

    In this blog post Samantha Evans, editor of Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters, looks at the lives of some of the women surrounding Darwin.

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  • 10 Jun 2015
    Orange Starfish. Photo: Lisa Williams via Creative Commons
    Wallace Arthur

    The Animal Tree

    In his fifth post, Wallace Arthur, author of Evolving Animals (2014) explores 'evolutionary pattern' and how it impacts on 'our place' in the understanding of evolution.

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  • 15 Feb 2013
    Marie C.

    Marie C. on Charles Darwin

    Our library marketing associate talks about her Darwin-inspired trip to study the flora and fauna of San Salvador

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