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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Progress of Geology – Charles Lyell

Sir Charles Lyell lived from November 14, 1797 to February 22, 1875 and was a Scottish geologist who popularized the work of James Hutton.  His best known work The Progress of Geology presented uniformitarianism.  This is the theory that the … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Voyage of the Beagle – Darwin

In previous posts we have discussed both Darwin himself and the voyage of the Beagle.  It will be handy to cross reference these posts to gain a decent background of the material.  Today’s post will discuss how the second edition … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: On The Origin of Species – Darwin

On the Origin of Species also known as On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races In the Struggle For Life and voyages on the HMS Beagle have already been significantly discussed. For now … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Voyage of the Beagle – Darwin

As discussed earlier, this work by Charles Darwin was a journal of his keen observations of various localities around the world.  His notes during this voyage show his changing view on mutability of species.  In it we can read the … Continue reading

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