Darwin's complete works online

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Charles Darwin's works go online


The complete works of one of history's greatest scientists, Charles Darwin, are being published online.
The project run by Cambridge University has digitised some 50,000 pages of text and 40,000 images of original publications - all of it searchable. Surfers with MP3 players can even access downloadable audio files. The resource is aimed at serious scholars, but can be used by anyone with an interest in Darwin and his theory on the evolution of life. "The idea is to make these important works as accessible as possible; some people can only get at Darwin that way," said Dr John van Wyhe, the project's director.

One big collection

Dr van Wyhe has spent the past four years searching the globe for copies of Darwin's own materials, and works written about the naturalist and his breakthrough ideas on natural selection.

The historian said he was inspired to build the library at darwin-online.org.uk when his own efforts to study Darwin while at university in Asia were frustrated.


Images as well as texts are available online

"I wrote to lots of people all over the world to get hold of the texts for the project and I got a really positive reaction because they all liked the idea of there being one big collection," he told BBC News. Darwin Online features many newly transcribed or never-before-published manuscripts written by the great man. These include a remarkable field notebook from his famous Beagle voyage to the Galapagos Islands, where detailed observations of the wildlife would later forge his scientific arguments.

more:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6064364.stm

and
http://darwin-online.org.uk/

[whistle]

1. How does this compare to Intelligent Design scientific body of work?

[pnorman]

2. You forgot the

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

pnorman

[nam78_two]

3. Oh wow-cooool!

Thanks for the links! :toast:
Bookmarked!

[enuffs_enuffs]

4. I swear... must have BALANCE, we neeed all versions of the scripture...

heretical or no, posted online before noon tomorrow!

[Odin2005]

5. Oh yeah baby, I am in heaven now!

:woohoo:

[Kagemusha]

6. Now even the home-schooled can learn about Darwin.

I'm sure many won't, but just the fact the information isn't the sole province of public school systems worldwide is heartening to me.