charles_darwin

Annotated Bibliography
Islands and information on the history of the islands, including Darwin’s
visit there.
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http://www.hawking.org.uk
Web site of the British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
Hawking is very good at explaining the origin of the universe in simple,
nontechnical language. The site has full text of his better-known lectures on
the subject.
http://www.natcenscied.org
Web site of the National Center for Science Education. Excellent resource
for information on the Evolution versus Creation debate. Has a history of
the evolution/creation controversy, links to the full text of court cases concerning
creationism, reviews of books and DVDs dealing with evolution and
creationism, and updated news on debates about the teaching of evolution
in schools.
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin
Site of The Writings of Charles Darwin on the Web. Pilot Web site with
digitized versions of American or later editions of Darwin’s published
works. An invaluable resource. (Completed site will be known as ‘‘The
Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online.’’)
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk
Web site of the Royal Society, the premier scientific society of Britain. Has a
history of the society, a biography of the past and present members/fellows
of the society, a list of past presidents and officers, and lists of the recipients
of the awards and medals given by the society. Very good source of information
on the prominent scientists working during and after Darwin’s life.
http://www.stephenjaygould.org
Web site of The Unofficial Stephen Jay Gould Archive. As Gould was a
prominent evolutionary biologist and promoter of science, the site has links
to important articles dealing with various topics in science and evolution.
This includes Gould’s testimony in the McLean v. Arkansas case (on whether
creation science could be taught in American schools); the text of interviews
with Gould and other evolutionary biologists such as Richard
Dawkins and Ernst Mayr; and biographical sketches of figures such as
Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, and Joseph Hooker.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu
Web site of the University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
Excellent resource for information on all aspects of evolution. The search