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About the Image

This elevation map of a coral reef island is a hand-drawn water-color sketch by Charles Darwin, date unknown. (Reprinted with permission of Syndics of Cambridge University Library, DAR 44:24)

SOF Education

» Discussion Guide (PDF)

Looking for a way to talk about Darwin and evolution with friends, your book group, or class? We've written a concise, downloadable guide that features introductions by Krista with essential background and context, compelling discussion questions, and facilitator notes. Take a look.

Funding provided in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities

SoundSeen

» The Hand of Darwin

SOF has worked with Cambridge University Library to present a narrated tour of Darwin's private notebooks and hand sketches with one of the few scholars who knows it best, David Kohn. You can zoom in tight on high-resolution images, listen to a scholar tell you more about why Darwin was writing the selected passages, and read the transcript of Darwin's cryptic handwriting!

Unheard Cuts

» Unedited Interview with Moore (mp3, 1:32.07)
A hardy conversation that had to be whittled down to 40 minutes for the radio. Download, listen, and compare to our produced show. FYI: in the first ten minutes of chatter, Moore sounds faint due to recording logistics.

» Selections from the Unedited Interviews

We isolated audio clips in which Moore talks about evolution versus intelligent design, shared Evangelical backgrounds, and even Malthus and population theory. And we bring you a background interview with geneticist Lindon Eaves, as well as a live discussion about Darwin from the American Museum of Natural History.

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Voice on the Radio

James Moore

Moore has co-authored several books about Charles Darwin, including Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist. He's been researching and teaching Darwin for more than 30 years in Cambridge, England.

Voices on the Web

David Kohn

Kohn is Oxnam Professor Emeritus of Science and Society at Drew University and editor of the Darwin Digital Library of Evolution at the American Museum of Natural History Library.

Lindon Eaves

Eaves is a geneticist at Virginia Commonwealth University and an Anglican priest.