Darwin, God, and Design – America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 1 p.m. Salomon Center, De Ciccio Family Auditorium
The Brown University Library is pleased to sponsor a Commencement Forum featuring Kenneth Miller ’70, professor of biology. As the lead witness for the victorious plaintiffs in the landmark Kitzmiller v. Dover trial on the teaching of intelligent design, Professor Miller contended with the questions at the heart of that trial, including: Are the critics of evolution right? Is it time to replace “Darwinism” with ideas like “intelligent design” or, at the very least, to introduce criticisms of evolution into our educational system? Professor Miller will assess the state of this conflict in America today and suggest ways in which the scientific and educational communities can respond.
Continue your exploration of this subject through the exhibit The Origin of the Theory: Tracing Darwin’s Evolutionary Thought, May 10 – September 20, 2009 on the main floor of the John Hay Library. This exhibit uses the Library’s extensive holdings in the history of science to place Darwin and his colleagues within the broader context of Victorian scientific endeavor. The exhibition includes books, prints and original correspondence.

LEARN MORE ABOUT CHARLES DARWIN & THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION AT BROWN:
Albert E. Lownes Collection of Significant Books in the History of Science (John Hay Library)
(dl.lib.brown.edu/collatoz/cluster.php?cluster_id=29)
Brown alumnus Albert E. Lownes (Class of 1920) compiled one of the three most important private collections of books on science in America. Bequeathed to Brown at his death, the Lownes Collection ranks as one of the most significant single collections ever received by the Brown University Library. Natural history is its greatest strength, although it embraces significant works in all scientific fields. Lownes defined “significant” as meaning “books that have changed the world or man’s way of seeing it. Significance also meant books that I found interesting.” The collection contains over three-quarters of those texts recognized by scholars as the “great books” of science published since the middle of the 15th century.
BEYOND BROWN:
COMPREHENSIVE DARWIN COLLECTIONS
Darwin Online
www.darwin-online.org.uk
The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online includes 20,000 private papers, the largest Darwin bibliography and manuscripts catalog, hundreds of supplementary works: specimens, biographies, obituaries, reviews and reference materials, and approximately 100,000 images. Courtesy of Cambridge University Library (UK), the collection includes notes and drafts of Darwin’s scientific writings, and notes from the voyage of the Beagle. It also contains photographs of Darwin and his family, newspaper clippings and reviews of his books.
Darwin Correspondence Project
www.darwinproject.ac.uk
A searchable online archive of 9,000 letters written by, or sent to, Charles Darwin. Founded in 1974 and housed at the University of Cambridge (UK), home of Darwin’s papers, the project originally set out to locate, research, and publish summaries of all letters written by Darwin. Following a pilot project, it was decided to include letters written to Darwin – an unusual step for a collection of correspondence at the time – and to publish complete transcripts of all letters in chronological order.
Darwin Papers and Darwin’s Library
(Cambridge University Library)
(www.lib.cam.ac.uk/MSS/Darwin.html)
Francis Darwin published two editions of his father’s letters, in 1887 and 1903. For these he collected as many of Darwin’s letters and papers as possible. These remained in the family after Francis died. In 1942 the Pilgrim Trust and the Darwin family gave most of these papers to Cambridge University, another portion being given to the museum recently established at Down House. Due to wartime conditions, it was only in 1948 that the papers actually arrived at Cambridge. Cambridge acquired an important supplementary collection of Darwin papers from Sir Robin Darwin in 1975. Over the years, further papers have been acquired by gift from the Darwin family, by other deposits, and by purchase; the collection is accruing continually.

DARWIN & THE GALAPAGOS
Charles Darwin Foundation:
Checklist of Galapagos Species
www.darwinfoundation.org/checklists/
Galapagos Conservation Trust
www.gct.org/darwin.html
Parque Nacional Galapagos, Ecuador (Spanish/English)
www.galapagospark.org/png/index.php
OTHER RELATED COLLECTIONS:
Darwin Centre (Museum of Natural History, London)
www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/darwin-centre/index.html
Darwin Collections (English Heritage)
www.englishheritageimages.com/pics_8044/Charles-Darwin-Collections.html
Portraits, and other images of Darwin, his family, his collection of scientific instruments and specimens, and Down House, his home in the English countryside.
Darwin Digital Library of Evolution
(American Museum of Natural History)
darwinlibrary.amnh.org/index.php?globalnav=gallery

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
Darwin (American Museum of Natural History)
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/
Darwin (National Museum of Australia)
www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/darwin/
Orchids Through Darwin’s Eyes (Smithsonian Institution)
www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/orchids/index.html
Charles Darwin: After the Origin
(Cornell University Library)
rmc.library.cornell.edu/darwin/
TEACHING TOOLS
Darwin Online Educator’s Guide
(American Museum of Natural History)
www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/darwinguide/
OTHER MEDIA
Guide to Charles Darwin and On the Origin of the Species
www.guardian.co.uk/science/charles-darwin
Down House: The Home of Charles Darwin
(English Heritage)
www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.14922
Darwin Day Celebration
darwinday.org/about/
Admistered by the American Humanist Association, the Darwin Day Celebration (DDC) website provides resources and publicity for annual celebrations of science and humanity on, or near, Darwin’s birthday (February 12). In addition to information about the life and legacy of Charles Darwin, the site provides practical examples, advice and templates for organizing and publicizing Darwin Day events. It includes a directory of Darwin Day events.
Evolution (PBS)
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/
Companion website for the 7 part PBS television series. Includes resources for teachers and students.
Evolution of Life (Requires Flash Player)
www.evolution-of-life.com/en/home.html
An educational site, offering video, animation, and documents for teachers that explore the origins of life and evolution.
Species of Origin
www.speciesoforigin.org/
An interactive site designed to stimulate thinking about Darwin’s influence on art and culture.