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| ˇE Charles Darwin's works go online |
| The complete works of Charles Darwin are being published online. The project run by Cambridge University has digitized some 50,000 pages of text and 40,000 images of original publications - all of it searchable. The site (The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online) contains Darwin's complete publications, thousands of handwritten manuscripts and the largest Darwin bibliography and manuscript catalogue ever published;also hundreds of supplementary works: biographies, obituaries, reviews, reference works and more. |
Surfers can even access downloadable audio files to use on MP3 players.The resource is aimed at serious scholars, but can be used by anyone with an interest in Darwin and his theory on the evolution of life.
- posted by Wei-chin Chang 3-5-2008
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ˇE Emma Darwinˇ¦s diaries go online and span about sixty years of her life. The diaries provide us with a great deal of information on the family life of Charles Darwin, his wife, Emma, and their children. The 60 pocket diaries contain appointments, illnesses, family visits, and a wealth of other information on Darwin's personal life. "These books were found in a cardboard box in an old cupboard about 20 years ago," said the director of Darwin Online, Dr John van Wyhe. "People weren't really interested in the day-to-day Darwin then, just the Origin of Species." The diaries are available online at darwin-online.org.uk. Here you will find each page of Emma's diaries scanned and presented in an easy to navigate presentation. NB - Darwin scholars will be most pleased to discover that Emma's handwriting is far more legible than that of her husband, Charles.
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