Tag: transmutation
Parables from Nature: A Profile of Margaret Gatty
Although she refrained from challenging Darwin publicly, Margaret had strong thoughts of opposition to Darwin’s proposals.
The Outsider: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era
Was Alfred Wallace a “crazy” crank? Was he an undisciplined “dilettante” bemused by every fringe belief he encountered?
Natural Selection: The Evolution of a Mirage
Natural selection reveals itself as not just a metaphor but a mixed one: Nature being dumb but nevertheless capable of discrimination.
Darwin’s John the Baptist
Catastrophism viewed the planet as having been molded by forces far more powerful than any observable at the present day.
Darwin’s Origin of Species — Some Historical Reflections 160 Years Later
Surely the “iconic” status of Darwin’s book could never have been predicted by either the author or his publisher.