Apr 17, 20080
Darwin’s private papers are now published on the Internet
Just recently, Darwin has experienced the powers of the Internet and has found his papers published upon it.
The first draft of Charles Darwin’s “On The Origin Of Species” is among a wealth of papers belonging to the intensely private man who changed science being published on the Internet on Thursday for the first time.
Comprising some 20,000 items and 90,000 images, the release on http://darwin-online.org.uk is the largest in history, according to the organizers from Cambridge University Library which holds all the Darwin papers.
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