Topic > Charles Darwin: the liberator of the human mind - 2072

I. IntroductionEvolution is a universal postulate that all theories, hypotheses and systems must adhere to in order to be meaningful and accurate. It is considered a light that illuminates all facts, a course that all lines of thought must follow (Dobzhansky). The man who discovered this life-changing concept was named Charles Robert Darwin. From his theories on explaining natural selection, to the variation of species, Darwin shook the world by proving that the Earth was much older than previously thought, and the creatures inhabiting this planet have changed over the years. Charles Darwin is the most influential person in history because he created the evolutionary theory that fostered scientific research in scientific fields such as biology and psychology, wrote several books about his theories that brought new insights into literature, and sparked new ideas about how people viewed the theory of God's creation.II. Biography On February 12, 1809, a boy named Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He was the fifth of the six children of Robert and Susannah Darwin, a doctor and potter respectively (Clark 6). His grandparents 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 Shrewsbury School. In June 1825, his father withdrew Darwin from Shrewsbury School and enrolled him at the University of Edinburgh (Wyhe). Darwin had intended to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but because he was shocked by the surgery, he switched to study Divinity at Christ's College, University of Cambridge (Kreis). There he met Professor John Stevens Hensl...... half of the paper...... Ted. "Christianity and Darwinism are not incompatible." Intelligent design versus evolution. Ed. Luisa Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. In question. Rpt. From "Intelligent Religion: Are Science and Faith Really Incompatible?" Sojourners Magazine 34 (December 2005): 9. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Network. December 9, 2013.Robinson, Richard. “Charles Darwin”. Plant sciences. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. Biography in context. Network. November 30, 2013. Shepherd-Barron, Jake. "Evolution of drug resistance in bacteria". Young Scientists Journal July December 2012: 80. Student edition. Network. December 10, 2013.Wyhe, John van. "Chronology of the Life of Charles Robert Darwin." The complete works of Charles Darwin online. Darwin online. 2002. Network. November 29, 2013.Zhao, Buyun. “Darwin's Impact on Biology.” Charles Darwin and evolution. Christ's College, Cambridge, 2009. Web. 9 December. 2013.