The Year of Darwin

2009 was the "Year of Darwin." Charles Darwin's 200th birthday was February 12, 2009, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the book ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES was November 24, 2009. Listed below are relevant websites and Scientific Library materials about Darwin and evolution.

RELEVANT WEBSITES

• 2008-2009 Year of Darwin and Evolution (Case Western Reserve University)
• About Darwin: Dedicated to the Life & Times of Charles Darwin
• Beyond The Origin: Darwin 200: Celebrating the Man and the Book (NATURE issue - access restricted to NCI-Frederick)
• Charles Darwin (Wikipedia)
• Charles Darwin Quotes
• Commemorating the Bicentenary of Charles Darwin's Birth (NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH issues)
• Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online
• Darwin: Big Idea, Big Exhibition (Natural History Museum, UK)
• Darwin Day Celebration
• Darwin: the Genius of Evolution (BBC Radio)
• Darwinian Time (THE SCIENTIST issue)
• Darwin's Gifts (THE LANCET special issue - access restricted to NCI-Frederick)
• Evolution (SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN magazine)
• Galapagos Conservancy (formerly Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc.)
• Happy Birthday Darwin (SCIENCE NEWS feature - access restricted to NCI-Frederick; call x1682 for password)
• Humanity Animality (research*eu: the magazine of the european research area)
• The Year of Darwin (SCIENCE journal - access restricted to NCI-Frederick)

RELEVANT MATERIALS FROM THE SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY

The following materials about Darwin and evolution are available from the Scientific Library. Complete information about each item may be found by searching the Library's Online Catalog.

• ACQUIRING GENOMES: A THEORY OF THE ORIGINS OF SPECIES by Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan
  Book; Call No. QH 380 .M37 2002
• THE BEAK OF THE FINCH by Jonathan Weiner
  Book; Call No. QL 696 .P246 .W423 1995
• DARWIN & EVOLUTION
  CDs; Call No. AV 00370 no.6
• DARWIN'S GIFT TO SCIENCE AND RELIGION by Francisco J. Ayala
  Book; Call No. QH 375 .A973 2007
• DARWIN'S SECRET NOTEBOOKS
  DVD; Call No. AV 00395
• EVOLVE
  DVDs; Call No. AV 00392 (set of 4 DVDs)
• EVOLUTION
  Videotapes; Call No. AV 00236 - 00242 (7 videotapes)
• THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Charles Darwin
  Book; Call No. QH 365 .D228o 1971
• THE QUOTABLE SCIENTIST: WORDS OF WISDOM FROM CHARLES DARWIN, ALBERT EINSTEIN, RICHARD FEYNMAN, GALILEO, MARIE CURIE, AND MORE by Leslie Alan Horvitz
  Book; Call No. Q 173 .H739 2000
• THE RELUCTANT MR. DARWIN: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF CHARLES DARWIN AND THE MAKING OF HIS THEORY OF EVOLUTION by David Quammen
  Book; Call No. WZ 100 .D228 2006
• THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
  Audiocassettes; Call No. AV 00291