In his book, Darwin starts off by asking readers who the creator of the world is and how the universe was created. Darwin says that human beings and their endless creations are miniscule, compared to the complex objects constructed by nature. He draws on spiritual and idealistic ideologies, alongside scientific notions. According to him one […]
When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. His journal, here reprinted in a shortened form, shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events. Volcanoes in the Galapagos, the Gossamer spider of Patagonia […]