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About the Image

This elevation map of a coral reef island is a hand-drawn water-color sketch by Charles Darwin, date unknown.

+ (photo: Cambridge University Library)

Evolution and Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin

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Resources + Links

Darwin on the Web
» Darwin Day
[http://www.darwinday.org/]
Darwin Day is "a global celebration of science and reason" held yearly around Charles Darwin's birthday, February 12th. Their website provides a listing of events related to the celebration, and their locations.

» BBC's Evolution Weekend
[http://bioinf.may.ie/crann/darwin/index.htm]
Although not the most graphically pleasing design, this BBC site provides a plethora of interviews with Darwin experts, including audio clips of Darwin's great-great-grandson, Randal Keynes and computer scientist, George Dyson.

» About Darwin
[http://www.aboutdarwin.com/]
This creator of this site does a wonderful job of providing step-by-step maps of Darwin's voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle and a historical context for the time. Also, check out the comprehensive set of links grouped by topic.

» Darwin Correspondence Project
[http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/]
Cambridge University Library provides a searchable database of the synopses of Darwin's letters. A prolific epistolarian due to his ongoing poor health, here you can get a flavor for what Darwin was thinking and a sense of the Victorian times he operated in.

» "Darwin" at the American Museum of Natural History
[http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/]
A wonderfully comprehensive online version of the popular traveling exhibit. It traces his life and provides audio and video of experts, images of his corrspondence and collections from the Beagle, and even a tortoise cam.