Library Exhibits
Feb. 9-27, 2009
Brain Education Library, Owen Science & Engineering Library, and Holland and Terrell Libraries will be serving birthday cake on Thursday, Feb. 12.
Owen Science & Engineering Library
"The Darwin You Didn't Know About"
Materials related to Darwin's other interests and scientific pursuits will be featured.
Brain Education Library
"Happy Birthday, Darwin! Evolution and Education: an ongoing dialogue"
The work of Charles Darwin, his advocates, and his opponents have contributed to lively cultural and intellectual dialogues in elementary, secondary and higher education.
Holland and Terrell Libraries
"Artifacts of Darwin"
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
MASC will display selected Darwin items from its holdings, including an original signed 1863 letter by Charles Darwin, an autographed 1879 volume from the personal library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf, and an 1873 edition of the Origin of Species.
"Darwin's Influence on the Social Sciences and Humanities"
(exhibit case in Terrell Library rotunda)
Research demonstrating Darwin's effect on disciplines in the Social Sciences and Humanities will be displayed.
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As a young man, Charles Darwin sailed around the world aboard the HMS Beagle. The things he saw on that epic voyage made him realize that life changed over time, that living species today have descended from common ancestors in the past, and that something he called "natural selection" was the main driving force behind this change. Today Darwin's key insights permeate all of science and form the basis of modern biology.
Even today, exhibits all across the world are dedicated to honoring Darwin and teaching his ideas.