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Lecture Materials for the Darwin Humanities Unit
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The Voyage of
the Beagle
The Origin of
Species
Hypertexts of the
Illustrated guide
to the Origin, along with text
BBC site
Selections from
the Voyage
of the Beagle with Commentary
by D. Likely, University of
The Writings of Charles Darwin
British Library site. Very Comprehensive.
Charles
Darwin and his Writings
From the C. Warren Irvin Collection at
Charles Darwin Homepage
Links and a short biography.
Charles Darwin:
An Overview
Victorian Web Site. Excellent on the Victorian Cultural Context.
Charles Darwin, an Introduction
John Wahlert, CUNY. Detailed
Biography with images
Photo Expedition to
Darwin’s England from same site.
The Age of
Darwin
Comprehensive collection of Resources from the PBS Evolution Library
Darwin’s
Diary
Web activity exploring
Darwin and
Victorian Culture
interview with
The Voyage
of the Beagle
From the C. Warren Irvin Collection. Excellent accounts with images of places
and objects involved.
Selections from
the text with Commentary
by D. Likely, University of
Virtual
Galapagos
TerraQuest site.
Charles Darwin and the Galapagos
Melissa Binde
An extensive
collection of resources. A must see!
Evolution
Library and Student
Video Page are just two of the highlights.
The Video page has videos on the Evidence for Evolution and on How Evolution Really Works
Evolution
of the Eye
PBS video. (4 min) How the eye evolved, one of the classical problems posed
against
Evolution of
a Species
PBS. Web activity showing an example of evolution in birds.
Evolution Online
BBC site. Extensive resources. Features special illustrated version of the Origin
The Darwinian Homepage
Links to Charles Darwin and Evolution Related Pages.
talk.origins Evolution Archive
A collection of introductory material on evolution. A very good place to start,
and has introductions to advanced topics and summaries of the evidence for
evolution as well, Especially the FAQ page
Early Theories of Evolution
Dennis O’Neil,
Evolution Exhibit entrance
A very nice exhibit on evolution and
Fossil Hominids
A summary of some of the evidence for human evolution.
Online Encyclopedia of Evolution
Excellent Bibliographical Database, strong on Evolutionary theory in Human Sciences
Software:
Darwin’s Pond and Gene Pool
Two evolution simulations by Jeffrey Ventrella. Free and Way cool! Start with
Biotopia
Artificial life simulation from BBC site.
By Bill Kendrick, determines some simple facts about your genes. Medelian genetics.
Richard Dawkins created
software called The Blind Watchmaker in the book
of the same name to demonstrate the basic principles of evolution by
evolving simple graphical organisms. Below are some web applications based on
his program. Here is a more
complete list
Blind Watchmaker Web
application
based on Dawkins's software from book of same name
Biomorph Breeder
Anna Nardella
Biomorph Viewer
Nicolas Rennard
Social Darwinism
Thinkquest site. (Hit visit site on Intro. Page) Introduction and definitions.
Encarta Article
Joseph Spoerl, “Social Darwinism”
Lecture from our
Selection from Spenser on Social Darwinism
Modern History Sourcebook text. From “Progress: Its Law and Causes”
A Guide to
Spenser’s Social Darwinism
by Alvin Wee, from Victorian Web
Creationism and Science and Religion
Statements
from the National Academy of Science
Information on
Creationism.org
A representative Creationist site. Edited by Paul Abramson.
National Center for Science Education
Excellent Resources on Creationism. Current news.
"Bright!!" Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett
From Edge Third Culture site. Atheistic manifestos of a sort by two leading Darwinists.
Richard Dawkins, “Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder”
From Edge Third Culture site.
Faith and Religion
Pope
John Paul II, Message to Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Pope’s
Statement on Science and Religion
Science and Technology in the Catholic Catechism
Comprehensive collection of Resources from the PBS Evolution Library
Ernst Mayr and the Evolutionary synthesis
Talk.origins account of Modern Synthesis
Daniel Dennett,
“In Darwin’s Wake, Where am I?”
2000 Presidential Address to American Philosophical Association by author of Darwin’s
Dangerous Idea
How has
Darwin’s theory of natural selection transformed our view of
humanity’s place in the universe?
Very short essay by same author.
The World of Richard Dawkins
Unofficial website of leading contemporary neo-Darwinist
also has a useful
section of Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould, “Patterns in Life’s History
From Edge Third Culture site. Gould’s account of basic ideas of Darwinism with comments by Dawkins, Dennett, Mayr and other leading neo-Darwinists.
Stephen Pinker Interview: A Biological Understanding of Human Nature
From Edge Third Culture site. Includes Video (11 min.) by leading proponent of Darwinian understanding of Language
John
Dewey, “The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy”
Classic text by the American Philosopher
