1、Darwin and his masterpieceThe Origin of Species ,郭本银,Darwin ,1809-1882. Britains museum scientist, the founder of Darwinism. Born in the United Kingdom,1809:Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury , Shropshire , England,18251827:as an apprentice doctor in the University of Edinburgh Medical Sch
2、ool,18281831:Christs College, Cambridge,18311836: the voyage lasted almost five years,1855: begin to write something about the evolution,1859: He published his book On the Origin of Species,1882: died and buried in Westminster Abbey ,close to John Herschel and Isaac Newton , he was one of only five
3、nineteenth-century non-royal personages from the United Kingdom to be honoured by a state funeral(国葬),The route of the voyage which lasted almost five years,18311836: the voyage lasted almost five years,HMS Beagle (小猎犬号),Darwin Microscope,the turtle and birds that Darwin saw In his voyage,1855: begi
4、n to write something about the evolution,Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life，Darwins book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of
5、natural selection 。,1859: He published his book On the Origin of Species,over the last 150 years the book have revolutionised our understanding of nature and our place within it .Modern evolutionary theory continues to develop. Darwins theory of evolution by natural selection, with its tree like mod
6、el of branching common descent, has become the unifying theory of the life sciences.,Modern influence：,1882: died and buried in Westminster Abbey ,close to John Herschel and Isaac Newton , he was one of only five nineteenth-century non-royal personages from the United Kingdom to be honoured by a state funeral(国葬),Thank you,
