The Year of Darwin
2009
has been proclaimed the "Year of Darwin."
Charles Darwin's 200th birthday is February 12, 2009, and the 150th anniversary
of the publication of the book ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES is
November 24, 2009.
The Scientific Library has offered various programs
throughout the year to honor Charles
Darwin, an amazing naturalist and author. We will end the year with
one final program. See below for complete information.
UPCOMING
PROGRAM
- DARWIN'S SECRET
NOTEBOOKS
DARWIN'S SECRET NOTEBOOKS -- Along the wild
edges of the Earth, against a stunning backdrop of aerial, underwater, and
wildlife photography, evolutionary biologist Armand Leroi leads us on an
unforgettable journey. It is the story we haven't heard. Though he circled the
world on the "Beagle" for five years, Darwin spent only five weeks on
the famed Galápagos. He had no epiphany there, no Newton's apple falling
from the tree. So what was it? What "certain facts" from the voyage
led this young Creationist to propose a theory so radical it remains
controversial (though widely accepted) 150 years later?
DARWIN'S SECRET NOTEBOOKS brings passages from
Darwin's writings to life, as we see the clues he saw while listening to his
words, and watch in wonder as CGI animates his ideas, focusing us on critical
details and revealing the lucid epiphanies of a magnificent mind.
This
program will be held on Tuesday, November 24, 12:00
p.m. - 1:00 p.m., in Conference Room A of the Conference Center in Building
549. This date is the 150th anniversary of the publication of the
book ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES.
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RELEVANT
WEBSITES
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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. to be
decided
- 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
- 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
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INFORMATION
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