HIST 3690 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Coevolution, Neurology
20 Apr 2016
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Yet: following the origin stark contrasts between public and private lives. Its broad reception: due in part to the proliferation and expansion of periodicals (i. e. macmillan"s magazine, edinburg journal [robert chambers]) A lot of emphasis on cultural and social emphasis how did its content enter private and public discourse. Scientific ideas reaching new audiences part of a broader publication era. Key to darwin"s fame in the victorian era. Darwin"s reaction to fame: a double-edged sword. Descent had a different impact than origin forced darwin to take on a different perspective and take on new specialties (i. e. neurology, animal behaviour) Darwin was able to take on these studies due to his fame post-origin which led to the publication of descent. Most famous naturalist in england by his death not straight-forwardly positive; based on notoriety. Famous because of the controversial impacts of his science (i. e. bad analogy but think of donald trump"s fame)
