In addition to Zeng Guofan, who became a celebrity in the world by writing a diary, there is also a biological giant, Charles Robert Darwin.
After graduating from Cambridge University in 1831, his teacher Henslow recommended him to participate in the scientific expedition of the famous British ship "Beagle" around the world as a "naturalist".
After five years of circumnavigation of the sea, he made extensive observations and collections of flora, fauna, and geological structures, and wrote a beautiful and light-hearted expedition diary, "The Voyage Diary of the Beagle". More importantly, he changed the life of this great scientist, and since then he has embarked on the road of professional scientist, and later, he published "The Origin of Species" that influenced the world, and the "theory of evolution" he proposed was called one of the three major discoveries of natural science in the 19th century by Engels.
In 1958, Loren Eisley, a famous American archaeologist, anthropologist and scientific essayist, published the book "Darwin's Century", praising Darwin's great contribution to mankind.
This book tells the story of the efforts of scientists before and after the birth of evolution, not just Darwin. The author believes that the emergence of the theory of evolution is not only a flash of inspiration in Charles Darwin's mind, but also a result of Darwin's recreation on the basis of many people's thinking and observation.
The content of the book crosses biology, nature, philosophical reflections, anthropology, and even physics very naturally and smoothly, without any sense of disobedience. Following the tip of the author's pen, he will unconsciously be taken into the next journey, and then the next journey, and what is even more wonderful is that it will not feel strange whether it is philosophy or physics.
It is gratifying that this book not only tells the causes and consequences of human evolution, but also traces and sorts out the formation of new thinking.
It doesn't matter if scientists think one by one, collide, or even Mars hits the Earth, and have to quarrel a few times, it doesn't matter, it's all the inevitability of progress.
The author's profound knowledge, cross-border exposition, and profound brushstrokes are all deeply attracting.
Because of his contributions to archaeology and natural science, Loren Eisley was called "modern Thoreau" by later generations. The writer's contribution to archaeology and natural science is amazing and admirable. The most important thing is his poetic language, which makes people feel his passion and his sharp words.
Appreciation of golden sentences: 1. The eternal night that human beings have never dreamed of will continue to lie across that world, in that world, the Miao Miao flood waves will erode the appearance of the mountains and rivers, and the white bones and shells left by the deceased giant beasts will be buried in the unknown rocks and abysses.
2. What is lacking in the proposal of the theory of evolution is more of a breaking of the thinking framework, which is the shackles of human-centered view of the world.
3. He actually put together the lost treasure map in the hands of Hutton, Cuvier, and Smith, thus giving rise to this new idea - the evolution of life, the evolution of the universe, is real.
If you are interested in natural science, anthropology, philosophy, etc., and want to explore the past and present life of "The Origin of Species", this book must not be missed.
The book "Darwin's Century" has also won several awards from the scientific community.