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Comments on MetaFilter post The Darwin Correspondence ProjectWed, 16 May 2007 08:49:28 -0800Wed, 16 May 2007 08:49:28 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60The Darwin Correspondence Project
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Darwin wrote to 2000 people during his life; 14,500 of these letters still survive. <a href="http://darwin1.caret.cam.ac.uk/index.php">The Darwin Correspondence Project</a> is putting annotated transcriptions of these online, and they've covered about 5,000 so far, including a letter written when he was 12 after he had got into trouble with his sister for <a href="http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1k.html">not washing regularly while at school</a>. There's an intro <a href="http://darwin1.caret.cam.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=87">here</a>. See also <a href="http://darwin-online.org.uk/">Darwin Online</a>, discussed <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/55634/">here</a>. And the prolific network theorist Albert-Laszlo Barabasi has co-authored a paper on statistical similarities between Darwin's and Einstein's correspondence (<a href="http://www.nd.edu/~networks/Publication%20Categories/publications.htm">#51</a> on the list).post:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212Wed, 16 May 2007 08:39:17 -0800carterdarwinevolutionletterscorrespondencehistoryBy: ORthey
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1693920
Wow... this is AWESOME. Thanks!comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1693920Wed, 16 May 2007 08:49:28 -0800ORtheyBy: ORthey
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1693923
Might I add:
"why I only wash my fett once a month at school, which I confess is nasty"
Brilliant.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1693923Wed, 16 May 2007 08:50:53 -0800ORtheyBy: Aloysius Bear
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1693924
I love <a href="http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-148.html">this </a>one: "<em>The scheme is a most magnificent one. We spend about 2 years in S America, the rest of time larking round the world</em>"
The Glutton Club, which is referred to in the above letter, was a Cambridge dining club devoted to seeking out "strange flesh" — they met weekly to dine on the most obscure animals they could find. Darwin was the club's President.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1693924Wed, 16 May 2007 08:50:54 -0800Aloysius BearBy: chuckdarwin
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1693929
I'd like to point out that unlike my RL analogue, my hygiene is impeccable. Cheers for this, carter.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1693929Wed, 16 May 2007 08:58:57 -0800chuckdarwinBy: LeeJay
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1693968
This is a terrific post! Stuff like this reminds me of why I love the internet so much. I am constantly bewildered by the sheer amount of information available to us twenty-four hours a day.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1693968Wed, 16 May 2007 09:31:22 -0800LeeJayBy: GlowWyrm
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1694030
Very cool. Thanks!comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1694030Wed, 16 May 2007 10:06:23 -0800GlowWyrmBy: fenriq
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1694051
This is excellent and a really interesting project. One of those ideas I'd wish I'd come up with.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1694051Wed, 16 May 2007 10:23:51 -0800fenriqBy: Postroad
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1694229
I am not sure why the sttistical stuff on Darwin/Einstein. Darwin wrote often to people he did not know in order to get materials for his work at his home, which he mostly stayed at after his Beagle voyage; Einstein, by contrast, wrote mostly about getting jobs, his views on politics, Zionism, awards, jobs etc and not nearly as much on the work he is noted for.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1694229Wed, 16 May 2007 12:27:22 -0800PostroadBy: Rawhide
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1694291
Pffft! Like Darwin is actually real.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1694291Wed, 16 May 2007 13:00:03 -0800RawhideBy: trip and a half
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1694525
This is wonderful. Thanks!comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1694525Wed, 16 May 2007 15:08:06 -0800trip and a halfBy: woodblock100
http://www.metafilter.com/61212/The-Darwin-Correspondence-Project#1695228
Absolutely fantastic site! Curious though, they say thanks to the family for <em>"giving permission for publication"</em>. Surely these materials are in the public domain?comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61212-1695228Thu, 17 May 2007 07:05:03 -0800woodblock100
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