Darwinism: The Theory That Shook The World

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This fact alone makes him one of the most
important people of science ever.
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury-Shropshire, England on Feb 12,
1809 (GEA & RBi p 42). He was the fifth child in a wealthy English family with
a history of scientific achievement with his paternal grandfather Erasmus Darwin
who was a physician and a savant in the eighteenth century (GEA & RBi p 42). As
a young boy Darwin already showed signs of his love for nature. When he was not
reading about nature and its quirks he was out in the forest looking for wild
game , fish, and insects (Campbell p 424). His father, although noting his
son's interest in nature, felt that all the discoveries of the natural branch of
science had been accomplished so he sent his son to medical school at Edinburgh
instead (Bowler p 62). While Darwin was there, he could not keep his mind on
his medical studies and decided to go and study at the University of Cambridge
and become a clergyman. It was here that he was to ...

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they were made holy and immutable
by God on those seven days (GEA & RBi p 43). A person who was widely respected
and also took some beliefs from Aristotle and present religion was Carolus
Linnaeus (1707-1778). He believed species immutable and later became known as
the father of modern taxonomy (Campbell p 422). Perhaps the largest barrier
Darwin had was to convince the present day scientists of his findings in
contrast to their pre-existing theories. The most common of the time was the
catatropist theory. The definition of this theory was that "a violent and
sudden change in the earth" had destroyed all creatures and each time this
happened, God would come back down and ...

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