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Getting to know Darwin's science
Darwins-Cirripedia-01.jpgDarwins Cirripedia microscope slidesBy kind permission of Cambridge University Museum of ZoologyOne of the most exciting aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the...
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The Project hosted an event on “The Face of Emotion” as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas in October 2011. Darwin’s work on expression was discussed in the context of current research in...
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'Re: Design' dramatisation
dramatisation.jpgA dramatisation of the correspondence between Charles Darwin and Asa Gray was commissioned by the Darwin Project, and written by Cambridge playwright, Craig Baxter. It was developed...
View ArticleWorking in the Darwin archive
One of our editors Paul White talks about the Darwin archive at Cambridge University Library and piecing together a letter from multiple fragments in different places in the archive. Terms:...
View ArticleLifecycle of a letter film
Darwin Correpondence Project staff discuss their work on the project and some of the challenges of finding, transcribing, translating and editing letters. Terms: videoFeatured
View ArticleEditing a Letter
Alison Pearn describes the difficult task of editing a letter with an unknown correspondent and no date. Terms: videoRelated letters: 13870
View ArticleDarwin and women: a selection of letters
A shorter version of this film is available on the Cambridge University Press video stream. Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and...
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Biodiversity and its histories
Hall of Biodiversity.jpghttps://www.flickr.com/photos/ideonexus/2927381691/in/photostream/Hall of Biodiversity, American Museum of Natural HistoryRyan Somma, FlickrCC BY-SA 2.0The Darwin Correspondence...
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Insectivorous plants
Drosera-rotundiflora.jpghttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/56605#page/26/mode/1upDrosera rotundiflora, figures 4 & 5 from Insectivorous PlantsImage from the Biodiversity Heritage Library....
View ArticleOrigin is 160; Darwin's 1875 letters now online
To mark the 160th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species, the full transcripts and footnotes of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first...
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