Time: 7:30pm
Venue: National Geographic Store, 83-97 Regent Street, London W1B 4EW
Price: Free
Deadline: 27 March
"When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. His journal, here reprinted in a shortened form, shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology, natural history, people, places and events. Volcanoes in the Galapagos, the Gossamer spider of Patagonia and the Australasian coral reefs – all are to be found in these extraordinary writings. The insights made here were to set in motion the intellectual currents that led to the most controversial book of the Victorian age: The Origin of Species. " Interesting review: http://www.jefflewis.net/blog/2008/02/book_review_voyage_of_the_beag.html
Link to Project Gutenberg's free download of the book: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3704
Also- a side note- read a bit more about Stanford's own "Beagle II" awards, "to promote scientific discovery and exploration by Stanford undergraduates who possess a strong intellectual curiosity, a passionate interest in a particular subject, and a keen spirit of intellectual adventure"--- Fantastic voyages to Nepal, Kenya, Micronesia, etc. http://www.stanford.edu/group/beagle2/recipients.html
Location: National Geographic Store 83-97, Regent Street, London. W1B 4EW - UK. http://www.nglondonstore.co.uk/030.html
Note: Given the short notice (and long book), people are welcome to join even if they have not finished!
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