Historian & Darwin aficionado. Editor, John Tyndall Correspondence Project. Father & advocate for connecting children to nature (natureplaysign.com). He/him/his. Portland, OR.
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On our walk to Keston we passed this tribute to local lad Charles Darwin in Bromley town centre. Sadly, someone’s chucked silver paint around Chuck’s legs and feet. Probably a Reform supporter made angry by the thought of evolving. And B&Q, presumably, were out of red-white-and-blue paint.
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May 31, 1837, Charles Darwin presents his theory of how coral reefs and atolls form at a meeting of the Geological Society of London
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"Crushed Under a Mountain of Facts | New Perspectives on The Descent of Man," a talk for the @linneansociety.bsky.social with James Costa & Elizabeth Yale: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOZ9...
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When Charles Darwin was having a rough day:
I wish searches here for "John Tyndall" brought up more posts about the C19th scientist rather than the C20th fascist. Photo: portrait of Tyndall included in 20 Aug. 1874 issue of @nature.com (the week of his infamous "Belfast Address" at meeting of BAAS/@britsciassoc.bsky.social).
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31-May: On this day in 1837, Charles Darwin presented his theory of coral reef formation.
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OTD in 1837, Charles Darwin first presented his theory of how coral reefs are formed to the Geological Society of London. The event marked his public debut as a theorist.
L: hand-colored section of Cocos Island atoll.
R: diagram of the same from his 1842 book (Darwin Online).
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Today in 1868, Darwin wrote to a friend, "It drives me mad & I know it does you too, that one has no time for reading anything beyond what must be read: my room is encumbered with unread books." 📚🧪
