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Paris, November 09, 2009
Charles Darwin's great adventure
Climb aboard the Beagle and relive Charles Darwin's adventures. "Darwin, a naturalist's voyage around the world", the newest title in the CNRS Sagascience multimedia collection, is now online: View web site
This website will take you through the voyage during which Darwin laid the groundwork for his theory of evolution through natural selection.
In late December 1831, as the Beagle prepared for departure, Charles Darwin, a 22-year old British naturalist, had no idea that the voyage he was embarking on would last almost five years and circumnavigate the globe... He was also far from imagining that his botanical and zoological observations would lead to the publication, in 1859, a full twenty years later, of his major work on the theory of evolution. During the voyage, Darwin demonstrated his extraordinary talent for observation, and experienced first-hand the contradictions between scientific theories of the time and the realities of field observation. This unique expedition enabled him to collect precious data (fossils, samples, live organisms...) which shaped his thoughts on the evolution of species.
Designed for all audiences, this new Sagascience title profiles Darwin's scientific and human development over the period 1831-1836. More than 300 photos, prints and illustrations bring to life texts derived from Darwin's notebooks. The "internet-traveler" will discover, through the 14 stages of the voyage, Darwin's scientific reasoning, his wonder, astonishment, but also shock and doubt at some of his experiences. From Brazil to Patagonia, Chile to the Galapagos, from Tahiti to the Cocos islands, from Australia to the Cape of Good Hope, the traveler can opt, at any moment, for two navigation modes: to be guided throughout the voyage, or to navigate at will from one stage to another.
The year 2009 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and the 150-year anniversary of the publication of his most famous book, "On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection."
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In late December 1831, as the Beagle prepared for departure, Charles Darwin, a 22-year old British naturalist, had no idea that the voyage he was embarking on would last almost five years and circumnavigate the globe... He was also far from imagining that his botanical and zoological observations would lead to the publication, in 1859, a full twenty years later, of his major work on the theory of evolution. During the voyage, Darwin demonstrated his extraordinary talent for observation, and experienced first-hand the contradictions between scientific theories of the time and the realities of field observation. This unique expedition enabled him to collect precious data (fossils, samples, live organisms...) which shaped his thoughts on the evolution of species.
Designed for all audiences, this new Sagascience title profiles Darwin's scientific and human development over the period 1831-1836. More than 300 photos, prints and illustrations bring to life texts derived from Darwin's notebooks. The "internet-traveler" will discover, through the 14 stages of the voyage, Darwin's scientific reasoning, his wonder, astonishment, but also shock and doubt at some of his experiences. From Brazil to Patagonia, Chile to the Galapagos, from Tahiti to the Cocos islands, from Australia to the Cape of Good Hope, the traveler can opt, at any moment, for two navigation modes: to be guided throughout the voyage, or to navigate at will from one stage to another.
The year 2009 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and the 150-year anniversary of the publication of his most famous book, "On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection."
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