"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Today is December 16, 2017. Ludwig van Beethoven was baptized on December 17, 1770. I don't when he was born so let's pretend he was born on December 16, 1770. He was born 247 years ago. To celebrate his birthday this blog has a 19 minute video - 10,000 Japanese people singing Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". This is fantastic.
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