Firstly, all of Darwin's publications are available in full for free online here:
Darwin Online: Darwin's Publications
And here is a list of celebrations in honor of Darwin this year(check it out, there may be one at a university/museum near you!):
Darwin Online: Darwin 2009 commemorations around the world
New Darwin documentary airing on the
BBC this week. Hosted by evolutionary biologist
Armand Marie Leroi, this one sounds like a must see:
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BBC - BBC Four Programmes - What Darwin Didn't Know
The theory of evolution by natural selection is now scientific orthodoxy, but when it was unveiled it caused a storm of controversy, from fellow scientists as well as religious types. They criticised it for being short on evidence and long on assertion and Darwin, being the honest scientist that he was, agreed with them. He knew that his theory was riddled with 'difficulties', but he entrusted future generations to complete his work and prove the essential truth of his vision, which is what scientists have been doing for the past 150 years.
Evolutionary biologist Professor Armand Marie Leroi charts the scientific endeavour that brought about the triumphant renaissance of Darwin's theory. He argues that, with the new science of evolutionary developmental biology (evo devo), it may be possible to take that theory to a new level - to do more than explain what has evolved in the past, and start to predict what might evolve in the future.
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Also be sure not to miss "Darwin's Lost Voyage" on National Geographic, airing Februrary 8, 2009:
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Darwins Lost Voyage | Programmes | National Geographic Channel
Darwin's Lost Voyage
Of the five years that he spends circling the world on the H.M.S. Beagle, Darwin spends a mere five weeks in the Galápagos islands and, contrary to conventional belief, his greatest epiphanies do not occur on the famed islands. Instead, they are a cultivation of years exploring the wilds of South America where forests become the cathedral of Darwin’s religion. Encountering a world like he’s never seen before, Darwin’s senses are overwhelmed by a world teeming with life, but what he finds along the way is perplexing to a 19th century naturalist. He questions why do the fossils he discovers look like giant versions of the sloths and armadillos still living nearby; why do the penguins and other birds he sees use their wings as flippers, fins or sails – but not for flying; how could sea shells be found embedded in rock layers more than 100 miles from the sea? It is not until after he leaves the Galápagos – where mockingbirds, not finches capture his attention – that he is able to fully appreciate everything he has encountered and pull together his masterwork: The Origin of Species.
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BBC's focus digital-magazine has a special issue out in honor of Darwin(requires flashplayer to load). Featured authors include:
PZ Myers,
Steve Jones,
Richard Dawkins,
Carl Zimmer, and more! Read:
Focus Magazine
Keep an eye on the Blog For Darwin project from Februrary 12-15 for more Darwin-mania:
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Blog For Darwin
February 12th-15th, 2009 participating bloggers around the world will be celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth (February 12th, 1809) with a BLOG SWARM, in which posts will be aggregated on BLOG FOR DARWIN to be kept as a resource for educators, students, and others.
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One last link, darwinday.org, for more general info:
Darwin Day Celebration
