Darwin Year Links

As most of you know, 2009 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of his Origin of Species. There’s a lot being published for the occasion and here is a handy selection of links for those who like reading.

To begin with, this is a selection distributed by Massimo Pigliucci of Rationally Speaking:

The following is a bit self-aggrandizing and therefore embarrassing, but this is also a special year because of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s Origin of Species. So, below are links to interviews I have given and essays for the general public I have written so far this year. Just in case you have nothing to do for a few minutes here and there…

• National Science Foundation, http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/darwin/ – Enter the site, pick “biology” on the wheel, you will see links to an essay I wrote and a video interview.
• Time magazine article by Carl Zimmer, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1879213-1,00.html – I am quoted in parts I and IV.
• Discover magazine article, http://discovermagazine.com/2009/mar/11-we-all-live-in-darwins-world/article_view?b_start%3Aint=0&-C – I am quoted briefly in part I
• Interview with ScienceNews: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/39999/title/
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• Essay for the New York Academy of Science: http://www.nyas.org/snc/update.asp?updateID=139
  Philosophy Now article that I wrote for their special issue on Darwin: http://www.philosophynow.org/issue71/71pigliucci.htm

• Podcast with the Skeptical Guide to the Universe: http://www.theskepticsguide.org/archive/podcastinfo.aspx?
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In addition to the articles Massimo had a hand in, the 24 January issue of New Scientist had a cover stating boldly that Darwin was wrong:

• Editorial

• Why Darwin was wrong about the tree of life.

The Scientific American had several articles linked from this page

• In-Depth Report: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
  including
  • Darwin Speaks: “How faithlessness stalked me”
  • A Skeptic’s Take on the Public Misunderstanding of Darwin
  • Darwin’s Living Legacy–Evolutionary Theory 150 Years Later
  • Charles Darwin and Associates, Ghostbusters
  • Portrait of Darwin as a young (flatulent) scientist
  • Six Things in Expelled That Ben Stein Doesn’t Want You to Know…
  • Better late than never?
  • Galápagos Invaders Actually Native Species
  • Individual versus Group in Natural Selection
  • The Evolution of Evolution
  • Dynamic Darwinism: Evolution Theory Thrives Today
  • Darwin: Ghostbuster, Muse and Magistrate
  • Putting Evolution to Use in the Everyday World

If anyone else has some interesting Darwin links, please submit them.