Jan. 18, 2012 – Feb. 20, 2012

Rewriting the Book of Nature: Charles Darwin and the Rise of Evolutionary Theory explores Charles Darwin’s vision—“from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved”—a vision that now forms the foundation of the biological sciences. Radical in sweep, Darwin’s idea of naturally innovating and endlessly changing webs of life undercut all previous sciences.

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This exhibition is brought to you by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. All images are Courtesy National Library of Medicine.