-
Essay / Charles Darwin: Liberator of the human spirit - 2072
I. IntroductionEvolution is a universal postulate that all theories, hypotheses, and systems must follow to be meaningful and accurate. It is considered a light that illuminates all facts, a path that all lines of thought must follow (Dobjansky). The man who discovered this life-changing concept was Charles Robert Darwin. From his theories on explaining natural selection to species variation, Darwin shook the world by proving that Earth was much older than previously thought and that the creatures that inhabit this planet have changed over time. over the years. Charles Darwin is the most influential person in history because he created the evolutionary theory which advanced scientific research in scientific fields such as biology and psychology, wrote several books on his theories which gave rise to new notions of literature and sparked new ideas about how people viewed the theory of God's creation.II. BiographyOn February 12, 1809, a boy named Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He was the fifth of six children of Robert and Susannah Darwin, a physician and potter respectively (Clark 6). His grandfathers were the innovative potter Josiah Wedgwood and Erasmus Darwin, naturalist and physician (Cobb). When Charles was eight, his mother died and he began studying at the Anglican school in Shrewsbury. In June 1825 his father withdrew Darwin from Shrewsbury School and enrolled him at the University of Edinburgh (Wyhe). Darwin considered studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but because he was dismayed by surgery, he turned to the study of Divinity at Christ's College, Cambridge University (Kreis) . There he met Professor John Stevens Hensl... middle of article... Ted. “Christianity and Darwinism are not incompatible.” Intelligent design versus evolution. Ed. Louise Gerdès. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. At issue. Rep. Excerpt from “Intelligent Religion: Are Science and Faith Really Incompatible?” » Sojourners Magazine 34 (December 2005): 9. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Internet. December 9, 2013. Robinson, Richard. “Charles Darwin.” Plant sciences. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. Biography in Context. Internet. November 30, 2013. Shepherd-Barron, Jake. “Evolution of drug resistance in bacteria.” Journal of Young Scientists July December 2012: 80. Student edition. Internet. December 10, 2013. Wyhe, John van. “Timeline of the life of Charles Robert Darwin. » The complete works of Charles Darwin online. Darwin Online. 2002. Internet. November 29, 2013.Zhao, Buyun. "Darwin's Impact on Biology." Charles Darwin and evolution. Christ's College, Cambridge, 2009. web. December 9. 2013.