The Theory Of Science And Technology

Have you ever wondered about why Charles Darwin was so important? Charles Darwin was an amazing scientist. Born February 12, 1809. He grew up in a small town in Shrewsbury, England with six other siblings. He was the second youngest. His father was a doctor and was hoping that he would do the same when he got older, but it wasn’t for him. So he was always a risk-taker because even though his dad would’ve been mad he still went for his own way studying nature. He went to Christ's college in Cambridge and graduated from there. Darwin was always interested in nature, so when he went on a voyage. This tells us about how Darwin was always been interested by nature.

Charles Robert Darwin has had the greatest influence on the world by proving the evolution of living things. Charles Darwin had first noticed the similarities of plants and animals when he took a five-year cruise on the H.M.S. Beagle, which was available to him through a friend from school. During the cruise Charles Darwin started becoming interested with the similarities between the plants and animals that were similar on different islands with similar climates, so he decided to study them more closely.

1. what was the original purpose of Darwin’s voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle, and what was the ultimate significance of the Voyage?

Darwin was the British naturalist who became famous for his theories of evolution and natural selection. Like several scientists before him, Darwin believed all the life on earth evolved over millions of years from a few common ancestors. From 1831 to 1836 Darwin served as naturalist aboard the H.M.S. Beagle on a British science expedition around the world. In South America Darwin found fossils of extinct animals that were similar to modern species. On the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean he noticed many variations among plants and animals of the same general type as those in South America. The expedition visited places around the world, and Darwin studied plants and animals everywhere he went, collecting specimens for further study.

Darwin’s observations from the islands made him want to come up with some explanation to why this occurred. He began to do research of each the species that had lived on these islands and observe all of the

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection remains one of the best known theories in science today. However, The Origin of Species had a significant impact on society when it was published in the late 19th century. The idea of evolution and natural selection uprooted many popular ideas at the time and led to the creation of new movements. Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection impacted 19th century society in a scientific perspective, a sociological perspective through the rise of social Darwinism, and a theological perspective in the debate between evolution and creationism.

On the 27 of December 1831 Charles Darwin set out on a voyage “round the world” aboard the H.M.S. Beagle with 73 men. The H.M.S. Beagle left Plymouth Harbor in the 27th but was actually ready to go on the 26th, even the weather was good, the only problem was that the crew members had been out drinking because the night before was Christmas. After they had set sail in the morning Darwin had gotten seasick and was already starting second guessing the voyage.

Darwin claimed the voyage on the “Beagle” was the most important event in his life. This is expressed by him in his “excerpt from Voyage of the Beagle”. “I have always felt that I owe to the voyage the first real training or education of my mind; I was led to attend closely to several branches of natural history, and thus my powers of observation were improved, though they were always fairly developed.” He describes is journey in several ways that make it the most important event in his life. He states that his powers of observation were improved from when he left which is by far the most important thing you need to have deduce information from what you’re studying.

Henslow proved to be extremely important in Darwin’s life as he had recommended him for a naturalist’s position aboard the HMS Beagle in 1831. Aboard the HMS Beagle Darwin would end up traveling all around South America, thus visiting places like Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Most notably, Darwin, visited the Galapagos Islands where he would collect most of his samples for his studies. Him and the crew would also buy small tortoises on the island and keep them as pets aboard the HMS Beagle (Desmond 2). After his five years aboard the HMS Beagle, Darwin “had a 770 page diary, as well 1750 pages

Charles Darwin received an exhilarating invitation to be a part of the HMS Beagle for a trip around the world. And on December 27, 1831, Charles Darwin set sail for the purpose of exploring the exotic animal world along the coast of South America because of the fascination it brought to him. Darwin embarked on this journey with high ambition and his mind set on collecting specimens for the study of geology and natural history.

It was a five year mission around the world more or less and the ship wasn't that comfortable. On there stops Darwin with the help Robert Fitzroy the Beagles captain collected birds, fossils, shells, and plants. Also he observed the principles of Botany, Geology, and zoology. His favorite places were the Galapagos Archipelago and South America. After Darwin came back and shared his ideas and findings and made his theory's he married Emma Wedgewood his cousin and had ten children three of those ten died and three

Darwin was a naturalist, known for his theory of evolution by means of natural selection. He was the first to bring about the idea of evolution. In order to collect his information, he sailed around the world on the Beagle. Among the places he visited were the Cape Verde Islands, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and the Galapagos Islands. When he was finished with his voyage, he returned home with a significant amount of information. He wrote a 770-page diary, 1,750 pages of notes, and made 5,436 sketches of skins, bones, and carcasses of organisms that

The Beagle’s purpose was to secure a final survey of the South American continent for trade safety reasons. The captain of the ship, Robert Fitzroy, and Darwin hit it off immediately. The Beagle was a very small ship, measuring only 90 feet. (White and Gribben 53). On December 27, 1831 the ship left the port of Devonport. Darwin immediately became sick and remained ill for most of the voyage. The trip also had its light points. Upon crossing the equator, the Captain took it upon himself to perform the time old ritual on the 31-crew members. Beginning with Darwin, each sailor was tarred and feathered, which soon after resulted in a huge water fight. Darwin wrote in his

The Beagle voyage lasted for five years; during that time Darwin had no idea that London went through a period of extreme urbanization. The city became a sewage filled wasteland where people lived in squalor, overcrowding paved the way for roaring epidemics, and the Thames River resembled “Monster Soup” due to the copious amounts of waste dumped into the water. Darwin grew up in a very wealthy family and distanced himself from the massive amounts of poverty. This allowed him to witness the enormous stratification of social classes. He connected what he observed in London, the competition for resources and the struggle for survival, and applied those ideas to the organic world as the basis for his evolutionary theory. The

Captain Cook is most known for his extensive voyages of discovery for the British Navy, mapping much of the world's uncharted waters during that time. He circumnavigated the world twice during his lifetime, during which he logged descriptions of numerous plants and animals then unknown to most of mankind. Following Cook's explorations, a number of scientists began a closer study of marine life including Charles Darwin (1809-1882) who, although he is best known for the Theory of Evolution, contributed significantly to the early study of marine biology. His expeditions as the resident naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836 were spent collecting and studying specimens from a number of marine organisms that were sent to the British Museum for cataloguing. His interest in geology gave rise to his study of coral reefs and their formation. His experience on the HMS Beagle helped Darwin formulate his theories of natural selection and evolution based on the similarities he found in species specimens and fossils he discovered in the same geographic region. The voyages of the HMS Beagle were followed by a 3-year voyage by the British ship HMS Challenger led by Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (1830-1882) to all the oceans of the world during which thousands of marine specimens were collected and analyzed. This voyage is often referred to as the birth