{"id":1355,"date":"2009-02-12T07:14:46","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T13:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2009-02-14T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T16:27:00","slug":"happy-200th-birthday-charles-darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=1355","title":{"rendered":"Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bv229.k12.ks.us\/biophilia\/2008\/CharlesDarwinsBD200.wmv\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/darwin2002.jpg\" alt=\"darwin2002\" width=\"480\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/darwin2002.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/darwin2002-300x81.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Charles Darwin once wrote, <em><strong>&#8220;Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 With that quote in mind, I decided to compile a few of the Darwin related resources that I have recently and happily become inundated with.\u00a0 So, click, read, download, listen, and watch, all the while gaining knowlege and gradually losing any confidence that you may have had&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Click and Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recent Resources<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Nature &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/specials\/darwin\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Darwin 200<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; This tribute contains links to News, Opinions, Book &amp; Arts, Research, and Resources associated with the Darwinian Revolution.<\/li>\n<li>Science &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/darwin\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Year of Darwin<\/a> &#8211; This tribute contains links to Perspectives, Policy Forums, Reviews, etc&#8230;, News Features and Stories, Multimedia, and Additional Links associated with the Darwinian Revolution.\u00a0 Some of these links require a subscription.<\/li>\n<li>Science News &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/feature\/id\/39754\/title\/Darwin_Special__Darwin_turns_200\" target=\"_blank\">Darwin Turns 200<\/a> &#8211; Six articles in the Jan 31, 2009 issue are available for reading online and in pdf format for those with a subscription.<\/li>\n<li>Natural History Mazagine &#8211; The most recent issue (Feb 2009) has a nice Darwinian article titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalhistorymag.com\/master.html?http:\/\/www.naturalhistorymag.com\/0209\/0209_feature.html\" target=\"_blank\">Seeing Corals with the Eye of Reason<\/a>&#8221; by Richard Milner.<\/li>\n<li>National Geographic &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ngm.nationalgeographic.com\/2009\/02\/darwin\/quammen-text\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Darwin&#8217;s First Clues<\/a>&#8221; by David Quammen, and\u00a0online quiz on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ngm.nationalgeographic.com\/2009\/02\/darwin-legacy\/quiz-interactive\" target=\"_blank\">Darwin&#8217;s Legacy<\/a>\u00a0(Feb 2009).\u00a0 David Quammen also wrote the article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ngm.nationalgeographic.com\/2008\/12\/wallace\/quammen-text\" target=\"_blank\">The Man Who Wasn&#8217;t Darwin<\/a>&#8221; about the importance of Alfred Wallace (Dec 2008).<\/li>\n<li>Smithsonian &#8211; Their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/issue\/February_2009.html\" target=\"_blank\">latest issue<\/a> (Feb 2009) is a tribute to both Darwin and Lincoln with the articles &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/What-Darwin-Didnt-Know.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Darwin Didn&#8217;t Know<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history-archaeology\/Darwin-Lincoln-Twin-Peaks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Twin Peaks<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Scientific American &#8211; Offers a Special Issue on the most powerful idea in science (Jan 2009) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciam.com\/sciammag\/?contents=2009-jan\" target=\"_blank\">The Evolution of Evolution<\/a>.\u00a0 This site contains 10 feature articles on the topic of evolution from a diversity of perspectives.<\/li>\n<li>The New Scientist &#8211; Jan 31, 2009 article on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20126921.600-why-darwin-was-wrong-about-the-tree-of-life.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why Darwin was wrong about the Tree of Life<\/a>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Click, Download, and Listen or Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>iTunes Audio and Video (download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>)<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>A Song <\/strong>about Charles Robert Darwin by Artichoke can be searched and downloaded for 99 cents from the iTunes store.\u00a0 Just use the search to find it.\u00a0 It is one song from an entire ablum titled 26 Scientists &#8211; Volume 1 Anning to Mathlus.\u00a0 The lyrics to the song can be viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/artichoketheband.com\/darwin.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 The tune is rather quite catchy.\u00a0 While you are at it you can check out &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.mirror.co.uk\/science\/2009\/01\/what-songs-might-be-on-charles.html\" target=\"_blank\">What songs might be on Charles Darwin&#8217;s iPod<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 If you want to here the entire song before purchasing a student of mine e-mailed me this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Artichoke\/_\/Charles+Robert+Darwin\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.case.edu\/darwin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Year of Darwin<\/a><\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 Beginning in the fall of 2008, Case Western Reserve has been celebrating the Darwin&#8217;s BD with a series of public lecture, each of which has been audio and video recorded.\u00a0 The series currently contains 17 separate lectures that have occurred during the year.\u00a0 Lectures range in length from between 30 minutes and just over an hour, and include familiar names like Sean Carroll, Neil Shubin, Judge John E. Jones III (from the Dover trail), David Quammen, and many others.\u00a0 These are found in iTunes University.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Darwin&#8217;s Legacy<\/strong> &#8211; In a similar fashion, Stanford University\u00a0invited lecturers\u00a0on a weekly basis to speak to the beginning this past fall.\u00a0 This series currently contains 10 separate lectures that\u00a0can only be downloaded as video, and they are\u00a0all roughly 2 hours in length.\u00a0 Speakers include Eugenie Scott, Daniel Dennett, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Nile Eldredge, and others.\u00a0 These are found in iTunes University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other Audio, Videos, and Media<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>NPR has has\u00a0produced a number\u00a0of\u00a0segments celebrating Darwin&#8217;s 200th BD&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=99529980\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrating Darwin&#8217;s Evolution Revolution<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Jan 18<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=100118047\" target=\"_blank\">The Forces the Shaped a Young Charles Darwin<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Feb 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=100333722\" target=\"_blank\">After 200 years, Darwin&#8217;s Legacy still Evolving<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; Feb 6<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=100379229\" target=\"_blank\">Darwin&#8217;s Britian&#8217;s Hero, is still Controversial in U.S.<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; Feb 8<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=100597574\" target=\"_blank\">Darwin finds some Followers in the Pulpit<\/a> &#8211; Feb 11<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=100542500\" target=\"_blank\">Darwin&#8217;s Theory: Too Big to Publish<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Feb 11 &#8211; This most recent story also contains a link of a three minute video on &#8220;Two Men.\u00a0 Two Voyages.\u00a0 One Idea.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=100628813\" target=\"_blank\">Moving Darwin into the Digital World<\/a> &#8211; Feb 12<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=100627614\" target=\"_blank\">Darwin&#8217;s earthworm experiments broke new ground<\/a> &#8211; Feb 13<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=100597929\" target=\"_blank\">Death of a child may have influenced Darwin&#8217;s work<\/a> &#8211; Feb 13<\/li>\n<li>BBC World <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/darwin\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> has a number of news stories on Darwin as well.\u00a0 These audios are only available for a limited amount of time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=82E0Fc4bWdk\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Rose interview<\/a> with EO Wilson and James Watson on the importance of Charles Darwin from 2005.\u00a0 Parts of this video are quite powerful.\u00a0 I was most struck by James Watson&#8217;s reasoning for state that Darwin has been the most important person in all of human history (beginning about 24:13).<\/li>\n<li>Darwin&#8217;s Shrewsbury website has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fjv63nSyUh8&amp;eurl=http:\/\/www.discoverdarwin.co.uk\/fun-and-games\/darwins-shrewsbury-film\/&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube video<\/a> summarizing Darwin&#8217;s life, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/darwin\/flash\/devolveme.swf\" target=\"_blank\">Morph yourself<\/a> online software that will morph an uploaded image of yourself into an <em>Australopithecus afarensis<\/em>, <em>Homo habilis<\/em>, or <em>Homo erectus<\/em>, or <em>Homo heidelbergensis<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/darwin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life<\/a> by David\u00a0Attenborough and the BBC (airs on Feb 1, 2009) with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellcometreeoflife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">online resources <\/a>brought to us by the Wellcome Trust including a interactive Tree of Life (the SWF file can even be downloaded for use offline).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/interactivetreeoflife3.jpg\" alt=\"interactivetreeoflife3\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/interactivetreeoflife3.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/interactivetreeoflife3-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click, Purchase, and Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My Top 10+ Evolutionary Related Book Suggestions in no particular order.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Making-Fittest-Ultimate-Forensic-Evolution\/dp\/0393330516\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233797738&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Making of the Fittest<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Endless-Forms-Most-Beautiful-Science\/dp\/0393060160\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233797738&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\">Endless forms Most Beautiful<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Remarkable-Creatures-Adventures-Search-Species\/dp\/015101485X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1234411218&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Remarkable Creatures<\/a>\u00a0by Sean Carroll (I just started this last one)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Great-Human-Diasporas-Diversity-Evolution\/dp\/0201442310\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233803423&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Great Human Diaspora<\/a> by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Our-Inner-Ape-Primatologist-Explains\/dp\/1594481962\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233800984&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Our Inner Ape<\/a> by Frans de Waal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Music-Life-Biology-Beyond-Genes\/dp\/0199228361\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233803253&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Music of Life<\/a> by Denis Noble<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Machinery-Life-David-S-Goodsell\/dp\/0387849246\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1234061348&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Machinery of Life<\/a> by David Goodsell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Song-Dodo-Island-Biogeography-Extinction\/dp\/0684827123\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233800731&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Song of the Dodo<\/a> by David Quammen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Your-Inner-Fish-Journey-3-5-Billion-Year\/dp\/0307277453\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233803214&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Your Inner Fish<\/a> by Neil Shubin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shadow-Man-Jane-Goodall\/dp\/0618056769\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233803317&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">In the Shadow of Man<\/a> by Jane Goodall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tinkerers-Accomplice-Design-Emerges-Itself\/dp\/0674023536\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233803180&amp;sr=1-1\">The Tinkerer&#8217;s Accomplice<\/a>\u00a0by Scott Turner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Power-Sex-Suicide-Mitochondria-Meaning\/dp\/0199205647\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1234061532&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Power, Sex, and Suicide<\/a> by Nick Lane<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Future-Eaters-Ecological-History-Australasian\/dp\/0802139434\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233803287&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Future Eaters<\/a> by Tim Flannery<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Diversity-Life-Edward-O-Wilson\/dp\/0393989801\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233803379&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Diversity of Life<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Naturalist-Edward-O-Wilson\/dp\/1597260886\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1234061723&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Naturalist<\/a> by E.O. Wilson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beak-Finch-Story-Evolution-Time\/dp\/067973337X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233801184&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Beak of the Finch<\/a> by Jonathan Weiner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction\/dp\/0199291152\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233797821&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Selfish Gene<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blind-Watchmaker-Evidence-Evolution-Universe\/dp\/0393315703\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233797821&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\">The Blind Watchmaker<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ancestors-Tale-Pilgrimage-Dawn-Evolution\/dp\/0618005838\/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1233797911&amp;sr=1-16\" target=\"_blank\">Ancestor&#8217;s Tale <\/a>by\u00a0Richard Dawkins<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Acquiring-Genomes-Theory-Origins-Species\/dp\/0465043925\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1234061635&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Acquiring Genomes<\/a> by Lynn Margulis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Evolution-Everyone-Darwins-Theory-Change\/dp\/0385340923\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1234061193&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Evolution for Everybody <\/a>by David Sloan Wilson<\/li>\n<li>most any book by Stephen J. Gould<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Charles Darwin once wrote, &#8220;Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.&#8221;\u00a0 With that quote in mind, I decided to compile a few of the Darwin related resources that I have recently and happily become inundated with.\u00a0 So, click, read, download, listen, and watch, all the while gaining knowlege and gradually losing any confidence<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=1355\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[102,101,19,90,100,35],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabt-news","category-teaching-resources","tag-200th-birthday","tag-birthday","tag-charles-darwin","tag-darwin","tag-itunes","tag-lecture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":118,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1512,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}