The lives of the naturalist Georges Cuvier, the father of comparative anatomy, and of the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel shared several similarities. Contemporaries, both men were born and died almost at the exact same time, they enjoyed mutual friends, were subjects of the same state of the old regime (Württemberg), and suffered from unpopularity for reasons often having nothing at all to do with science. These coincidences and their common battle with the German school of Naturphilosophie, convinced me to construct an intertwined biography of both men, recovering the old structure of parallel lives.

13 may 2010

Adrià Casinos, History of Science

Only poetry could give the flagship Darwin travelled in the peculiar name of a hound. Aboard the Beagle, the father of evolution did not embark on any fox hunting, but to trace the origins of man and questioned the religious views of Creation, previously taken care of by scientists...

18 January 2010

Evolutionism: the decline of a hypothesis. Is the surprising headline of a book published a few weeks ago. The publication includes the proceedings of the pro creationism agreement organized strictly behind closed doors, last February, in the classrooms of the Italian National Research Council (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR).

13 January 2010

Luca Tancredi Barone | Roma

Credited as an author, Scandinavian philologist (he studied with Tolkien's son), writer and environmentalist, Sir Randall is, above all, familiar. Because he descends from two 'sacred' lineages in the United Kingdom: the one from the naturalist Charles Darwin and from the economist John Maynard Keynes (author from ‘general theory of employment, interest and money’, bible of capitalism); and also, because he uses a very warm and intimate tone in his conversations. We interviewed him in Alexandria (Egypt), where he assisted an international summit on Darwin's legacy, organized by the British Council.

Jordi Montaner | 29 December 2009

Big surprise in the Natural History Museum in Vienna: Last Wednesday the new director was presented. 3

22 desember 2009

Oliver Hochadel, Vienna

The astronomical association of Osona proposes this Tuesday 24th of November the conference "Post, slaves and pigeons. The genesis of the evolution theory of Charles Darwin", pronounced by Oliver Hochadel, from the History and Science study Centre of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (CEHIC-UAB). The conference finds itself in the seminary program of the Catalan Society of the History of Science and Techniques.

23 november 2009

Jordi Montaner | 17 November 2009

Jordi Montaner | 16 November 2009

Friday, 13th. Darwin, the man of nature, would be happy to be able to blow out, today, here, 200 candles lit up in honour of his anniversary and in front of scientists worldwide, who have come to pay him tribute. But he can’t. The nature of man does not allow us to live more than one hundred and so years, even though this could soon change.

Jordi Montaner | 13 de November de 2009

On Friday 13 November the V Week of Science will be launched, organized by the Department of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise and the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI). Until November 24 events and activities will be carried out throughout the country, such as open days at museums, conferences, workshops, competitions, environmental walks, film screenings. Several entities participate during this week, such as museums, universities, research centres, technology parks and companies throughout Catalonia with the aim of bringing science to society in a fun and educational way.

12 November 2009

Under the formula of dialogues between scientists, thinkers and experts, one will attempt to bring the public closer to other visions about evolution and Charles Darwin’s figure, from an interdisciplinary look. At the Museum of Natural Science from the 1st of October.

The British naturalist converted in a 'universal truth' that all species have a common origin

23 September 2009

Cristina Jiménez, Londres