Darwin Correspondence Project

Vandaag is dit project de lucht in gegaan; passend wel, zo op Hemelvaartsdag.

Darwin’s correspondence provides us with an invaluable source of information, not only about his own intellectual development and social network, but about Victorian science and society in general. They provide a remarkably complete picture of the development of his thinking, throwing light on his early formative years and the years of the voyage of the Beagle, on the period which led up to the publication of The Origin of Species and the subsequent heated debates.

Very interesting stuff… Erg leuk om er door heen te browsen, natuurlijk van grote waarde en best of all: het is vrij voor iedereen. Go check it out!

Een ander ‘dochterproject’, een verzameling bronnen van alle informatie omtrent Darwin en het geloof, is ook erg boeiend:

The first phase of a major new web resource on Darwin and religion is now live. Over the next three years a range of original documents, essays, interviews, and even play scripts, podcasts, and cartoons will be put online to complement the many hundreds of Darwin’s letters that touch on religion. Previously unpublished letters on the subject have also been selected for inclusion.