Charles Darwin was no scientist. he flunked math, the language of science, throughout his life! Learn some more about Darwin and you will see that he was not so brilliant, after all.
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Charles Darwin was no scientist. he flunked math, the language of science, throughout his life! Learn some more about Darwin and you will see that he was not so brilliant, after all.
responding to the July 28th comment by GeneralID><br><br>Darwin certainly wasn't much of mathematician or experimental scientist but science is more than just equations and exprimental data. Somebody has to help figure out what the data mean, and this is where Darwin was brilliant> he gave the first plausible explanation for how a very very simple world populated with only chemicals could produce the complexity of life that exists now. Since his idea has withstood the test of time and experiment we have to call his idea brilliant, even if it was the only brilliant thing he ever did.
Although he is still the subject of much controversy, few people read Darwin's books anymore. This is a shame because Darwin is a writer of immense charm and great clarity. He writes as a scientist, keenly aware of what is known and what is not known, carefully weighing evidence on both sides of any argument. He moves slowly through the immense evidence at his disposal and like a good scientist, frequently and generously cites the work of others as he goes. <br><br>His books are long and probably neglected for that reason. However, Chapter 7 of this book "On the Races of Man" is something everyone could read with profit.