February 12 saw the birth of two towering figures in history: Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. The Linnean Society, where Darwin and Alfred Wallace Russell both delivered papers on July 1, 1858 outlining their theories of evolution in natural selection, is holding symposiums in his honor. Darwin’s complete works are online, including all six editions of his Origin of Species. The BBC has a whole section devoted to him, as does the New York Times. PBS contributes the Evolution Library while Berkeley adds its Understanding Evolution site, and the National Academies contribute the very extensive Evolution Resources. Nature, Science, Guardian, New Scientist, Scientific American, Discover, and Forbes all offer special reports/features on him. Books about him are here.
