In Praise of Charles Darwin

The opportunity to read The Voyage of the Beagle opened my eyes to another side of this great scientist.

In anticipation of our Origins Project Foundation travel adventure to the Galapagos Islands this coming January, we have been organizing a book club to discuss interesting books related to the Galapagos before we travel there. One of the books is Darwin’s The Voyage of the Beagle. Reading it was a revelation for me, and I penned a piece that appeared this week in Quillette. They have given me permission to reproduce it here for our Critical Mass paid subscribers. I hope you enjoy this small preview of the amazing writing and amazing storytelling of this amazing man. —LMK

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Charles Darwin: The Best Scientist-Writer of All Time

The Voyage of the Beagle is a literary masterpiece, as well as a scientific one.