Friday, 20. October 2006
The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

This will keep you busy over the weekend ...

The great English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) revolutionized our understanding of life on earth.
This site currently contains more than 50,000 searchable text pages and 40,000 images of both publications and handwritten manuscripts. There is also the most comprehensive Darwin bibliography ever published and the largest manuscript catalogue ever assembled. More than 150 ancillary texts are also included, ranging from secondary reference works to contemporary reviews, obituaries, published descriptions of Darwin's Beagle specimens and important related works for understanding Darwin's context.

Most of the editions provided here appear online for the first time such as the first editions of Journal of Researches [or Voyage of the Beagle] (1839), The descent of Man (1871), The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle (1838-43) and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions of the Origin of Species. There are also many newly transcribed and never before published manuscripts such as Darwin's Beagle field notebooks. Also appearing for the first time online are complete images of Darwin's early notebooks on geology, transmutation of species and metaphysical enquiries.

Many of the scanned books provided here belonged to Darwin's family or are signed by him.

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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

For a basic, non-academic, entryway go here:
The major works of Charles Darwin (near the bottom of this page you will find all the the thousands illustrations available).

Some Highlights:
Free audio mp3 files of Darwin's works for downloading onto a computer or portable mp3 player: Audio Darwin

and Darwin's life in pictures.
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News & Stories

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It's Written on the Cards by IAfrica.
Think of Tarot cards and one immediately thinks of gypsies, mystery, magic and forbidden knowledge. But what are the cards all about anyway? And why have they endured for so long?
How did the Tarot begin? It’s thought that the Tarot deck was first used as a card game, way back in fifteenth century Europe.
A nice history and summary of the world of Tarot cards.

Cartoon tribute to Pope John Paul by BBC News. (With Video)
A cartoon version of the life of Pope John Paul II, telling the story of his life and death in animated form. The film, subtitled The Friend of All Humanity, will be the first cartoon account of a Pope's life. The cartoon traces the history of a man who rose from humble beginnings in Poland to lead millions of Catholics. The story is narrated by two white doves and animated versions of his personal diary and fountain pen.

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22 fingers of 11 men lift heavy stone by INQ7.net.
A day before we went to the fabulous Ellora and Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad City, some five hours by car from Pune, India, our host, Ajay Mehta, told us about a heavy stone at the back of a Muslim mosque not far from Pune that can be lifted by 11 men, each using only two fingers. “I was about to ask you that!” I exclaimed. I read about this mysterious stone in a book on extraterrestrials a long time ago. That story was confirmed to me by a foreigner who saw the phenomenon himself.

D.A. Won't Alienate Man Over Close Encounters by Los Angeles Times.
Still, the company's attorneys seemed to welcome accounts by prosecution witness Gary Lowrey of nocturnal drop-ins by weird — possibly alien — creatures and hemisphere-shaped machines. In court documents, Lowrey, the company's former safety manager, also told of finding a mysterious "claw" hooked into a green towel in his closet, along with footprints on a sheet of aluminum foil that he had laid out in hopes of securing clues about his visitors.

Experts create invisibility cloak by BBC News.

A US-British team of scientists has successfully tested a cloak of invisibility in the laboratory. "These metamaterials have opened a new chapter in electromagnetism. We've opened the door into the secret garden," co-author Professor John Pendry, from Imperial College London, told BBC News.

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Fake Fortune Tellers in Kathmandu by Ohmy News.
"Your hands are god-gifted for earning money, without losing time, apply for a job abroad, you will be off the mark at the first stride. Luck favors you. You will marry a rich, beautiful girl, who equally loves you. Whatever the dangers were to harm you passed a few years back. You will live until 65."

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