Why is Charles Darwin famous besides Evolution?

Answer 1

The only thing that Darwin is famous for is his book "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" (more commonly known as "Origin of Species"). Though this book is what made him famous and is generally the only thing people know him for, he made many contributions to the sciences. He worked in the field of botany, doing quite a bit of work with wild orchids, specifically how their flowers served to control insect pollination and ensure cross fertilisation. He also experimented with climbing plants.
Ten years after Origin, Darwin published "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex". In this book(s) he introduced in full his concept of sexual selection to explain the evolution of human culture, the differences between the human sexes, and the differentiation of human races, as well as the beautiful plumage of birds. He published his last major book a year later, "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals", which focused on the evolution of human psychology and its continuity with to the behaviour of animals. This theory has been revisted in the last couple of decades resulting in the field of evolutionary psychology.
Darwin was the first to develop and publish a scientific theory of natural selection, and that the alleged predecessors did not contribute to the development or success of natural selection as a theory in science. Darwin's theories were very controversial in his time, many people did not take him seriously. His theories were in direct conflict with the teachings of the church, and also destroyed people's beliefs that certain races were biologically superior to others. Because of this Darwin earned the nickname of "monkey man" and was often drawn as an ape with a human's head.
He had so many contributions to science that it would impossible to mention them all here, but I hope this helps to shed a little light on the man.

Answer 2

Around 600BC, Thales of Miletus began explaining natural phenomena using nothing but rational explanations that referenced only natural processes. The Gods and their supernatural domains were never invoked because there was neither need nor any evidence of their presence. Today ALL of modern science is explained in various theories and ALL of these theories are anchored in the realization that the supernatural is a product of human imagination - with a distinct and active mental component but with no independent physical presence. Thus every modern scientific explanation you have ever is a product of scientific naturalism - from the stars above you to the earth below; every breath you take, even why you think the way you do.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Natural Selection

Answer 5

He is famous for his voyage and Beagle which led to his studies around the world especially the galapagos islands. This is where his book Origin os Species started.

Answer 6

He won the annual Beard of the Year' 1846

Answer 7

check this site , is a very good source of information about Darwin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin#Career_in_science.2C_inception_of_theory

Answer 8

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Answer 9

He wrote THE book on how earthworms formed and moved soil.

Answer 10

When Darwin was nine years old his father sent him to Revd. Samuel Butler's school in Shrewsbury. It was a boy's boarding school, but for Darwin it had the great advantage of being just across the river from his father's house, so he was able to visit home many times a week. At this school Darwin learned the classics, ancient history, and Greek, all of which he found entirely boring. He had a particularly hard time learning Greek and struggled along by memorizing bits of phrases and stringing them together to form sentences (of course, he entirely forgot these memorized bits within a few days). It is safe to say that Darwin was a slow learner in his youth. He was not inspired much by his schooling, and found his only pleasures there in reading Shakespeare's historical plays, the poems of Byron, Scott, Thomson, and the Odes of Horace. His increased interest in natural science was spurred on by events outside his formal education. These events were: (1) the many hikes he went on in Northern Wales, (2) a book he read many times during this period, and (3) helping his brother, Erasmus, in his chemistry lab in the backyard.

(3) Chemistry - When Darwin was thirteen years old (in 1822) his brother, Erasmus, built a small chemistry lab in the garden shed in back of the house. Darwin acted as assistant to his older brother, and they often worked into the late hours of the night experimenting with chemical reactions and producing various gases. It seems no one approved of Darwin's foray into chemistry. His classmates poked fun at his new hobby by calling him "Gas Darwin", the headmaster of the school scolded him for wasted his time with such non-sense, and his sisters feared his would blow-up the house! Darwin learned many things in his brother's lab, the most important of which were the proper methods of scientific experimentation - a set of skills that would greatly benefit him in his future career as a naturalist.
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What did Darwin accomplish while at medical school?

Poor young Darwin had no particular focus in his life at this time, so his father decided he would follow in the long line of doctors in the family and study medicine. Darwin was to be admitted into Edinburgh University, in Scotland - known as having one of Europe's most distinguished medical schools. During the summer Darwin acted as assistant in his father's medical practice, treating poor people, children and women. Much to his father's surprise, young Darwin seemed to enjoy medicine a great deal.

In October of 1825 Darwin started medical school at the University of Edinburgh. His brother joined him there to study for his exams, having completed most of his medical studies at Cambridge. They took lodgings together across the street from the university on Lothian Street. As it was at Revd. Butler's school, his studies at Edinburgh were for the most part a waste of time for Darwin. The only lectures that interested him were those of Professor Thomas Hope's chemistry class. He attended the geology lectures of Professor Jameson but, ironic as it may seem, the subject bored him, and he vowed never to read or study the subject again. It is common knowledge that Darwin loathed the sight of blood, and this is said to have prevented him from pursuing a medical career. While this is true to a certain extent, what mostly stopped him was that he found medical studies an extreme bore - he wondered what his father ever saw in him that led him to think he would make a good doctor.

Once again Darwin's increased interest in natural science was nurtured from outside his formal studies. This was accomplished in many ways: (1) Darwin learned how to stuff animals, (2) he read a very interesting book on natural history, (3) he spent much of his time at the natural history museum in Edinburgh, (4) he joined the Plinian Society, and (5) he became a good friend of Professor Robert Grant.



(1) Stuffing Animals - John Edmonstone, a freed black slave from Guyana, South America, had settled in Edinburgh and made his living teaching medical students the fine art of taxidermy. He lived just down the street from Darwin, and they soon became good friends. In February 1826 Darwin paid Mr. Edmonstone to teach him how to stuff animals, and as a bonus, Darwin had the opportunity of drilling him with questions about his homeland in South America. Over the next few months Darwin's head was filled with vivid pictures of the tropical rain forests of South America, and this sent his imagination spinning. His talks with John ignited the spark inside Darwin's mind to desire to travel to South America, a dream that was to be fulfilled a few years later, while the taxidermy skills Darwin learned were indispensable during the Beagle voyage.


November 30 1853
Charles Darwin received the Royal Medal of the Royal Society, the highest honor the society could bestow on a scientist. The medal was awarded for his three volume work on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and for his barnacle research currently in progress. Darwin leaped for joy at this news and was very proud that his peers had come to esteem his work so highly.
November 30 1864
Darwin was awarded the Copley Medal; the highest honor bestowed by the Royal Society. Busk and Falconer, both members of the X-Club, nominated him. Awarding the Copley Medal to Darwin caused much anger among the older Fellows of the Society, most of whom wanted Adam Sedgwick to get the award. It was agreed upon to give Darwin the medal, but only if it was explicitly stated that his "Origin of Species" book was not a contributing factor in their decision. Awarding the Copley Medal to Darwin was a sign of how influential the X-Club had become in Royal Society politics. Darwin was naturally very pleased. As was suspected, the Church of England was not at all happy with this turn of events.
Events some time during this month:
November (early) 1847
Hooker left for the tropics.
November (late) 1838
After all the marriage details were worked out, Darwin returned to London and started house hunting. He continued working with the variation of species and now saw that the methods of nature and breeders were not all that different, but while nature worked on millions of characteristics, breeders worked on only a few. Both, however, weeded out undesirable traits.
November 1836
At some time during this month Darwin severed his friendship with Robert Grant, an old friend and teacher from his Edinburgh days. Grant was very interested in looking over his specimens of coral, but Darwin did not want his years of hard work tainted by a radical evolutionist trouble maker. From this time forward Darwin and Robert Grant parted ways forever.
November 1840
Darwin gave a lot thought to how a bat's wings developed over time and wondered what good half a wing would do. Perhaps wings previously had a different function? Darwin also pondered over fossil evidence for the transmutation of species. At the time there were very few of them in the museums, but he figured in the future enough would be found to provide evidence for one species changing into another.
November 1846