The relationship of mathematics to biology is fascinating. Understanding why anti-evolutionist arguments fail can help us think clearly about this relationship.
Read MoreDarwin 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 […]
Read MoreMarie 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 […]
Read MoreSam 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreOur library marketing associate talks about her Darwin-inspired trip to study the flora and fauna of San Salvador
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