By: Walker DuBois February 15th, 2012 Period 4

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone. Charles Darwin

Historical Background
Darwin Was a scientist during the 1800s, when creationism was common belief. During the mid 1800s many scientific advances were made. One of the Main advances was the Theory of Evolution. Darwin took a trip around the world from 1831 to 1836 and thought that species evolved, instead of being created by god. Because of how deeply religious people were at the time, Darwins ideas were laughed at, but later his ideas became widely accepted.

Biographical Information
Childhood: Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, on February 12th 1809, as the fifth of six children. As a child it was clear Darwin was fond of two things, nature, and collecting.

Education: Darwin first went to day school run by ^Darwin age 6 his local preacher when he was 8. When he was 9 he was sent to boarding school. Years later, Darwin went to University of Edinburgh Medical school with his brother. But, he found medical school boring and stressful, and joined a naturalist student society. Annoyed, Darwins father sent him to Christ College, in Cambridge. Soon after Darwin left the college, with a new passion as a naturalist.

Citation: Bannister, Robert C. (1989). Social Darwinism: Science and Myth in Anglo-American Social Thought.. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 0-87722-566-4. Bowler, Peter J. (2003). Evolution: The History of an Idea (3rd ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23693-9. Browne, E. Janet (1995). Charles Darwin: vol. 1 Voyaging. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 1-84413-314-1.

Influence on the world

Influences: Darwins influence can still be seen today. Pick up any biology book and you see whole chapters devoted to Evolution and natural selection. A Theory created by Darwin. He is arguably the most important naturalist in history. Obstacles: Mainly, the church, for years the church had taught everyone in the world that god had created man the way he is and the earth had only been around for a few thousand years, when Darwin presented his theory, the church and many of its subjects laughed at it. Even today some people refuse to acknowledge it Citation:^ Browne 2002, pp. 103104, 379
^ Darwin 1859, p. 488 ^ Browne 2002, p. 87 Leifchild 1859 ^ Desmond & Moore 1991, pp. 477491 ^ Browne 2002, pp. 110112

Famous Speeches/Quotes

A man who dares to waste one hour of his life has not discovered the value of life. Darwin

This quote is saying how if you have an hour you want to waste in your life, you havent found your calling yet, this directly relates to Darwins life, as he would have never wasted an hour researching what he loved most, nature.

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science"

This quote talks about the dangers of ignorance, because ignorance causes a lot of the worlds problems, and many of Darwins. Simply People who refused to see reason prevented his theory to become majorly successful in his lifetime.

Publications and awards

Images

< The Galapagos islands where Darwin did a large portion of his resaerch

Darwins ship, the HMS Beagle >

< A map of Darwins worldwide journey

Images
- < A British Newspaper cartoon making fun of Darwin A picture of Darwin and his son william>

- < Darwin in his later years, how most people - Think of him.

Citations
Citation "AboutDarwin.com - Beagle Voyage." AboutDarwin.com - Home Page. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.aboutdarwin.com/voyage/voyage08.html>. "Darwin, Charles." Info:Main Page - New World Encyclopedia. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Charles_Darwin>. "Charles Darwin." Psychology Wiki. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Charles_Darwin>. "The Scientists: Charles Darwin." Blupete. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Darwin.htm>. Darwin's Theory Of Evolution. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.darwins-theory-of-evolution.com/>. "Natural Selection - New World Encyclopedia." Info:Main Page - New World Encyclopedia. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Natural_selection>. "Charles Darwin." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.nndb.com/people/569/000024497/>. "Charles Darwin (British Naturalist) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia." Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/151902/Charles-Darwin>. "BBC - History - Charles Darwin." BBC - Homepage. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/darwin_charles.shtml>. "Charles Darwin." Crystalinks Home Page. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.crystalinks.com/darwin.html>.