{"id":314,"date":"2009-05-14T09:54:38","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T13:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/2009\/05\/14\/commencement-forum-with-ken-miller-and-exhibit-at-john-hay-library-mark-darwin-bicentennial\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T09:54:38","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T13:54:38","slug":"commencement-forum-with-ken-miller-and-exhibit-at-john-hay-library-mark-darwin-bicentennial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/commencement-forum-with-ken-miller-and-exhibit-at-john-hay-library-mark-darwin-bicentennial\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement Forum with Ken Miller and Exhibit at John Hay Library Mark Darwin Bicentennial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDarwin, God, and Design – America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution <\/strong>
\nSaturday, May 23, 2009 at 1 p.m. Salomon Center, De Ciccio Family Auditorium
\nThe 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.
\nContinue your exploration of this subject through the exhibit The Origin of the Theory: Tracing Darwin’s Evolutionary Thought, May 10 – September 20, 2009<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n


\nLEARN MORE ABOUT CHARLES DARWIN & THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION AT BROWN:<\/strong>
\nAlbert E. Lownes Collection of Significant Books in the History of Science (John Hay Library)
\n(dl.lib.brown.edu\/collatoz\/cluster.php?cluster_id=29)
\nBrown 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.
\nBEYOND BROWN:
\nCOMPREHENSIVE DARWIN COLLECTIONS<\/strong>
\nDarwin Online <\/strong>
\nwww.darwin-online.org.uk
\nThe 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.
\nDarwin Correspondence Project<\/strong>
\nwww.darwinproject.ac.uk
\nA 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.
\nDarwin Papers and Darwin’s Library<\/strong>
\n(Cambridge University Library)
\n(www.lib.cam.ac.uk\/MSS\/Darwin.html)
\nFrancis 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.
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\nDARWIN & THE GALAPAGOS<\/strong>
\nCharles Darwin Foundation:
\nChecklist of Galapagos Species
\nwww.darwinfoundation.org\/checklists\/
\nGalapagos Conservation Trust
\nwww.gct.org\/darwin.html
\nParque Nacional Galapagos, Ecuador (Spanish\/English)
\nwww.galapagospark.org\/png\/index.php
\nOTHER RELATED COLLECTIONS:<\/strong>
\nDarwin Centre (Museum of Natural History, London)
\nwww.nhm.ac.uk\/about-us\/darwin-centre\/index.html
\nDarwin Collections (English Heritage)
\nwww.englishheritageimages.com\/pics_8044\/Charles-Darwin-Collections.html
\nPortraits, and other images of Darwin, his family, his collection of scientific instruments and specimens, and Down House, his home in the English countryside.
\nDarwin Digital Library of Evolution
\n(American Museum of Natural History)
\ndarwinlibrary.amnh.org\/index.php?globalnav=gallery
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\nONLINE EXHIBITIONS<\/strong>
\nDarwin (American Museum of Natural History)
\nwww.amnh.org\/exhibitions\/darwin\/
\nDarwin (National Museum of Australia)
\nwww.nma.gov.au\/exhibitions\/darwin\/
\nOrchids Through Darwin’s Eyes (Smithsonian Institution)
\nwww.mnh.si.edu\/exhibits\/orchids\/index.html
\nCharles Darwin: After the Origin
\n(Cornell University Library)
\nrmc.library.cornell.edu\/darwin\/
\nTEACHING TOOLS<\/strong>
\nDarwin Online Educator’s Guide
\n(American Museum of Natural History)
\nwww.amnh.org\/education\/resources\/rfl\/web\/darwinguide\/
\nOTHER MEDIA<\/strong>
\nGuide to Charles Darwin and On the Origin of the Species
\nwww.guardian.co.uk\/science\/charles-darwin
\nDown House: The Home of Charles Darwin
\n(English Heritage)
\nwww.english-heritage.org.uk\/server.php?show=nav.14922
\nDarwin Day Celebration
\ndarwinday.org\/about\/
\nAdmistered 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.
\nEvolution (PBS)
\nwww.pbs.org\/wgbh\/evolution\/
\nCompanion website for the 7 part PBS television series. Includes resources for teachers and students.
\nEvolution of Life (Requires Flash Player)
\nwww.evolution-of-life.com\/en\/home.html
\nAn educational site, offering video, animation, and documents for teachers that explore the origins of life and evolution.
\nSpecies of Origin
\nwww.speciesoforigin.org\/
\nAn interactive site designed to stimulate thinking about Darwin’s influence on art and culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … Commencement Forum with Ken Miller and Exhibit at John Hay Library Mark Darwin Bicentennial<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}