For 21 years, Charles Darwin kept his theory of evolution secret from all but a few friends. He confided to one: "It is like confessing to a murder." His torment resonates in society today—in the ...
On April 19, 1882, Charles Darwin, author of "On the Origin of Species" and the father of evolution, died at his home in Downe, England. He was 73. More than 30 years later, in 1915, across the ...
Lord is the author of "Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science" and "Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll." Two hundred years after his birth, English scientist Charles ...
Charles is in Edinburgh, Scotland, ostensibly to study medicine. This is an age of heroic surgery, before anesthetics. Brutal operations are performed quickly, with screaming patients strapped to ...