Retired NPR Science correspondent. Audio storytelling in the service of nature. Two books, two kids. Former New Scientist mag. Scicomm trainer with COMPASS.
‘The Voyage of the Beagle,’ Charles Darwin. ‘Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes,’ Richard Spruce. https://t.co/NT7EtdGDet
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#OnThisDay in 1839, Charles Darwin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. At the age of 30, he was recognised for his role as naturalist on the voyage of the Beagle, and for being 'well acquainted with geology, botany, zoology & many other branches of natural knowledge'. https://t.co/HaqRZUV0FW
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This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson https://t.co/cZzpxlnO4O A fictional but highly researched account of the voyage of the Beagle, focusing as much on its captain Robert Fitzroy as on Charles Darwin. The contrast and friendship between the two characters is wonderful