Attain What About Darwin?: All Species Of Opinion From Scientists, Sages, Friends, And Enemies Who Met, Read, And Discussed The Naturalist Who Changed The World Compiled By Thomas F. Glick Conveyed As Booklet

collection of opinions about Darwinism

This is a collection of opinions expressed by key figures in the history about Darwin's theory of evolution, which reflects on how his theory touched their minds and hearts.
Darwin influenced a very wide range of people from all fields, Examples include Pope Pius IX, Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Mahatma Gandhi, President Abraham Lincoln, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Stalin, John Maynard Keynes, Bertrand Russell, Charles Dickens, and many others.
Many were Darwin's enemies, some ridiculed his theory, and many became evolutionists, The Wilberforce Huxley debate at Oxford in Julywas a turning point in the acceptance of Darwinism in England, Most of the elite had been won over in first few months of his publication, "On the origin of species, "

A summary of some of the comments of his admirers and his critics are as follows: I very much like physicist Ernst Mach's criticism of Darwin in which he observes that if preservation of species had been more important than adaptation, struggle for survival, and evolution then species would move in a vicious circle like "perpetual motion" in physics.
Albert Einstein provides a cautionary note in his opinion that human beings should not confuse the struggle for survival as a justification to dominate another human being for economic reasons.
Einstein praises the depth of Darwin's investigation into the natural history of life, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche presents a notoriously antiEnglish, and highly critical of Darwin's theory, and uses the word "mediocre spirit" and "mediocre Englishman" few times in his criticism.
Physicist Werner Heisenberg observes that evolution of a complex molecular structure from simple molecules needs not only the laws of physics and chemistry but also the key concepts of evolution enunciated by Darwin.
Clergyman Henry Beecher was the first minister of a Christian church in United States to accept Darwin's theory as the truthful description of natural history, and he is known to have used his sermon on March,to

express his support.
But the opposition in church was also widespread, Evangelist Billy Sunday ridiculed Darwin's theory of evolution and called fellow scientists who support Darwin as "feeble minded, " He called Christians who believe in evolution are essentially nonbelievers of the Word of God,

The Darwin's correspondence project, . . and the Darwin online sitelinkwww, Darwinonline. org. uk also provide useful info about numerous Darwin's letters, At the end of the book, having readcriticisms, the reader gets an idea of how much his theory stirred the minds of people.
It also gives a picture of various aspects of his life, his work, and his personality, Recently there have been many reports suggesting that Darwin's family had ill effects of inbreeding, but in spite of his poor health conditions and personal tragedies, Darwin had lasting effect on the way we think about our origin and our natural history.


Charles Darwin and his revolutionary ideas inspired pundits the world over to put pen to paper, In this unique dictionary of quotations, Darwin scholar Thomas Glick presents fascinating observations about Darwin and his ideas from such notable figures as P.
T. Barnum, Anton Chekhov, Mahatma Gandhi, Carl Jung, Martin Luther King, Mao Tsetung, Pius IX, Jules Verne, and Virginia Woolf,

What was it about Darwin that generated such widespread interest His Origin of Species changed the world.
Naturalists, clerics, politicians, novelists, poets, musicians, economists, and philosophers alike could not help but engage his theory of evolution, Whatever their view of his theory, however, those who met Darwin were unfailingly charmed by his modesty, kindness, honesty, and seriousness of purpose.


This diverse collection drawn from essays, letters, novels, short stories, plays, poetry, speeches, and parodies demonstrates how Darwins ideas permeated all areas of thought.
The quotations trace a broad conversation about Darwin across great distances of time and space, revealing his profound influence on the great thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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