Darwiniana II

Darwiniana II

Part II explores the possible motivations behind Darwin's formulation of the Theory of Evolution. As you'll see, Captain Fitzroy may have played a pivotal role in Darwin's "heresy." Gould set up the structure of this lecture in the last video and begins this video by continuing to answer the first riddle: "Who was the naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle?"

Darwin's Revolution in Thought

This is a lecture made by Stephen Jay Gould at Wittenburg University. I simply took his voice and added pictures and video. I do not own ANY of it!

The lecture was derived from Part I of Gould's book, "Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History." Part 1 of the book is called "Darwiniana" and is composed of four chapters: Ch 1 "Darwin's Delay," Ch 2 "Darwin's Sea Charge, or Five Years at the Captain's Table," Ch 3 "Darwin's Dilemma: The Odyssey of Evolution," and Ch 4 "Darwin's Untimely Burial."

I've split the video into a few parts, each a little under ten minutes. After watching them, I hope you see how Gould incorporated each chapter of Darwiniana into the lecture. They revolve around Darwin and the birth of what Gould calls one of the greatest half-dozen scientific ideas of all time. He tackles fundamental questions and asks them in the form of riddles. The lecture was titled "Darwin's Revolution in Thought," because Darwin's ideas were radical and difficult for people to digest.

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[CosmosFan1]

I love how he laughs at creationism. Dreadful, lol.