Darwin’s Private Papers Find Online Home
The largest publication of Darwin’s papers in history, comprising some 20,000 items and 90,000 images, recently went online at darwin-online.org.uk.
“This release makes his private papers, mountains of notes, experiments, and research behind his world-changing publications available to the world for free,” said John van Wyhe, director of the project. “Darwin changed our understanding of nature forever. His papers reveal how immensely detailed his researches were.”
The collection includes thousands of notes and drafts of his scientific writings, notes from the voyage of the Beagle when he began to formulate his controversial theory of evolution, and his first recorded doubts about the permanence of species.
It also contains photographs of Darwin and his family, newspaper clippings, reviews of his books and much more.
Giving a more personal insight, there is also his wife Emma’s cookbook including recipes for delicacies such as ‘Ilkley pudding’ and a rudimentary recipe for boiling rice, written by Darwin himself. [Via]
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