antibiotics, and to help us to identify and treat new viruses like the one that causes swine flu.
Today, to some extent, we can control things in nature that would have killed us in the past—we have vaccines for smallpox, for example. We no longer have to be the fastest or strongest in order to survive, as long as we have access to proper medicine. But will advances in health lead to even more severe overpopulation? What climate changes are in store for us and how will we adapt? In the future, will we genetically engineer ourselves?
So many questions, so many intriguing topics to explore and debate. Were he still here, Darwin would be astonished, but he’d adapt—and he’d be furiously taking notes.
SOURCES
(*especially for young readers)
BOOKS
Berra, Tim M. Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Browne, Janet. Charles Darwin, Volume 1: Voyaging . New York: Knopf, 1995.
Browne, Janet. Charles Darwin, Volume 2: The Power of Place . New York: Knopf, 2002.
Browne, Janet. Darwin’s Origin of Species: A Biography . New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006.
Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species: The Illustrated Edition , edited by David Quammen. New York: Sterling, 2008.
*Heiligman, Deborah. Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith . New York: Holt, 2009.
*Jenkins, Steve. Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Keynes, Randal. Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution . New York: Riverhead Books, 2002.
*Lasky, Kathryn. One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin. Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick, 2009.
*Lawson, Kristan. Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities . Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2003.
Milner, Richard. Darwin’s Universe: Evolution from A to Z. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009.
*Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Charles Darwin: The Life of a Revolutionary Thinker . New York: Holiday House, 2001.
Quammen, David. The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution . New York: Norton, 2006.
*Sis, Peter, The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist, and Thinker . New York: Farrar Straus, 2003.
*Strathern, Paul. Darwin and Evolution . London: Arrow Books, 1998.
WEB SITES
American Museum of Natural History, Darwin: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/
CARTA, The Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny: http://carta.anthropogeny.org/
The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online: http://darwin-online.org.uk
International Darwin Day Foundation, Celebrating Darwin, Science and Humanity: http://www.darwinday.org/darwin
Linnean Society of London: http://www.linnean.org/
National Center for Science Education: Defending the Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools: http://ncse.com
National Science Teachers Association, Evolution Resources: http://www.nsta.org/publications/evolution.aspx?lid=tnav
The Natural History Museum, London, Darwin 200: www.darwin200.org
PBS, Evolution, Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/index.html
INDEX
Note: Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations.
abolitionism
adaptation
age of the earth
agnosticism
agriculture. See also botany
American scientific community
Andes Mountains
Anglican church
anthropology
archaeological evidence
archipelagoes
arsenic poisoning
Athenaeum Club
Austen, Jane
Babbage, Charles
Bahia Blanca Bay
barnacles
Bates, Henry Walter
Beagle. See HMS Beagle
beak shapes
beetle collecting
Bible. See also Christianity
and age of the earth
and Catastrophism
and creation story
and Emma Darwin
and fixed species concept
literal and metaphorical interpretations
and natural selection
and opposition to Darwin’s work
“A Biographical
Today, to some extent, we can control things in nature that would have killed us in the past—we have vaccines for smallpox, for example. We no longer have to be the fastest or strongest in order to survive, as long as we have access to proper medicine. But will advances in health lead to even more severe overpopulation? What climate changes are in store for us and how will we adapt? In the future, will we genetically engineer ourselves?
So many questions, so many intriguing topics to explore and debate. Were he still here, Darwin would be astonished, but he’d adapt—and he’d be furiously taking notes.
SOURCES
(*especially for young readers)
BOOKS
Berra, Tim M. Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Browne, Janet. Charles Darwin, Volume 1: Voyaging . New York: Knopf, 1995.
Browne, Janet. Charles Darwin, Volume 2: The Power of Place . New York: Knopf, 2002.
Browne, Janet. Darwin’s Origin of Species: A Biography . New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006.
Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species: The Illustrated Edition , edited by David Quammen. New York: Sterling, 2008.
*Heiligman, Deborah. Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith . New York: Holt, 2009.
*Jenkins, Steve. Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Keynes, Randal. Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution . New York: Riverhead Books, 2002.
*Lasky, Kathryn. One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin. Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick, 2009.
*Lawson, Kristan. Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities . Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2003.
Milner, Richard. Darwin’s Universe: Evolution from A to Z. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009.
*Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Charles Darwin: The Life of a Revolutionary Thinker . New York: Holiday House, 2001.
Quammen, David. The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution . New York: Norton, 2006.
*Sis, Peter, The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist, and Thinker . New York: Farrar Straus, 2003.
*Strathern, Paul. Darwin and Evolution . London: Arrow Books, 1998.
WEB SITES
American Museum of Natural History, Darwin: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/
CARTA, The Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny: http://carta.anthropogeny.org/
The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online: http://darwin-online.org.uk
International Darwin Day Foundation, Celebrating Darwin, Science and Humanity: http://www.darwinday.org/darwin
Linnean Society of London: http://www.linnean.org/
National Center for Science Education: Defending the Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools: http://ncse.com
National Science Teachers Association, Evolution Resources: http://www.nsta.org/publications/evolution.aspx?lid=tnav
The Natural History Museum, London, Darwin 200: www.darwin200.org
PBS, Evolution, Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/index.html
INDEX
Note: Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations.
abolitionism
adaptation
age of the earth
agnosticism
agriculture. See also botany
American scientific community
Andes Mountains
Anglican church
anthropology
archaeological evidence
archipelagoes
arsenic poisoning
Athenaeum Club
Austen, Jane
Babbage, Charles
Bahia Blanca Bay
barnacles
Bates, Henry Walter
Beagle. See HMS Beagle
beak shapes
beetle collecting
Bible. See also Christianity
and age of the earth
and Catastrophism
and creation story
and Emma Darwin
and fixed species concept
literal and metaphorical interpretations
and natural selection
and opposition to Darwin’s work
“A Biographical
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