Darwin on Shakespeare: “I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.” (The Quote Blog) In the photo, Utah Valley University Prof. Daniel Fairbanks shows off a bust of Darwin he has sculpted while lecturing about evolution (Fairbanks is the son of sculptor Avard Fairbanks, and an accomplished sculptor himself.)
What to do for Darwin Day, and Evolution Sunday, and Darwin Week?
Wasatch Brewery’s Evolution Amber Ale. Is this still being brewed in Salt Lake City?
- Make a clay bust of Darwin — see photo above.
- Send a Darwin Day e-card to your friends, courtesy of the American Humanist Association!
- Find Darwin Day events here.
- Can you find a preacher preaching on Evolution Sunday, near you?
- Do you know a teacher who teaches evolution well? Call or write to thank them. Heaven knows they need the support.
- Join the National Center for Science Education.
- Add Panda’s Thumb to your blogroll. No blog? Well, at least bookmark the site.
- Read some Darwin. You can start here, or here, or here, with Origin of Species. I recommend buying the book — better to make notes on.
- Oh, I’m also partial to his paper on the origins of coral atolls, and his paper on the work of earthworms. Darwin was one helluva polymath.
- Ponder the significance of Darwin’s and Lincoln’s having been born on the exact same day, February 12, 1809, within a few hours of each other.
- In Dallas? Pay a visit to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science; look at the exhibits showing evolution, especially the T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now exhibit.
- Call your Texas state representative in Austin, and tell her or him, “Just evolve, will you?” Time to move on and do the right things for education and science.
- In Salt Lake City? See if you can track down a bottle of Wasatch Brewery’s Evolution Amber Ale. Are they still making that delightful quencher?
The Darwinian student’s after dinner dream. Harper’s Weekly, December 23, 1871; artist not identified; copyright Harper’s Weekly and HarpWeek
More:
- Tomorrow Is Darwin Day for 2013 (sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com)
- 7 surprising facts about Charles Darwin (mnn.com)
- BOOK: Darwin: A Graphic Biography (thedispersalofdarwin.wordpress.com)
- Church-state separation group to celebrate Darwin’s life (kansas.com)
- It’s the right time for Congress to recognize Darwin (secularnewsdaily.com)
- Get to Know Darwin (thedispersalofdarwin.wordpress.com)
- Atlanta City Council Issues Proclamation in Honor of Charles Darwin (patheos.com)
- 10 fun facts about Darwin (neatorama.com)
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