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A theory's evolution: The Franklin Institute's exhibition on Charles Darwin shows the person behind one of the most revolutionary ideas in science.

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From: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
Date: 20061016
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Byline: Tom Avril

Oct. 16--Niles Eldredge says the goal was merely to continue a series of New York exhibits on the world's great scientists. First came Leonardo da Vinci, then Albert Einstein. Why not Charles Darwin? Somewhere along the way, a certain Pennsylvania school board decided that Darwin's theory of evolution had "gaps" and "problems," and the ensuing media spotlight was brighter than any museum official could have hoped.

"In a sense, it was dumb luck," says Eldredge. "Darwin" drew a half-million visitors at New York's American Museum of Natural History, where ...

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