{"id":2458,"date":"2009-02-26T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2009-02-23T00:00:51","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T06:00:51","slug":"explore-darwin-in-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/explore-darwin-in-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Darwin in Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.44\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/x\/0\/0\/57\/5?searchdata1=ocm39085423&amp;user_id=davmainweb\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2487\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/evolution-of-jane.jpeg?resize=211%2C323&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"evolution-of-jane\" width=\"211\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a>Have Darwin&#8217;s birthday celebrations piqued your interest in natural selection and evolution? One painless way to learn about a complex subject is to explore it through fiction.\u00a0 A funny, easy-to-read example is <a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.44\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/x\/0\/0\/57\/5?searchdata1=ocm39085423&amp;user_id=davmainweb\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Evolution of Jane <\/strong><\/em><\/a>by Cathleen Schine. While on an ecological tour of the Galapagos Islands, Jane\u00a0 begins to apply Darwin&#8217;s principles to her own relationships &#8211; in particular, the unexplained break with her childhood friend, who(coincidentally!) is leading the tour.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Kingsolver calls the book\u00a0 a &#8220;beautifully descriptive travelogue of the Galapagos, loaded with mini-lectures on natural history, evolutinary theory and Darwiniana, wrapped around a rollicking family saga tinged with hints of sexual intrigue&#8230;.My hat is off to any writer who can render such complex ideas comprehensibly in English&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have Darwin&#8217;s birthday celebrations piqued your interest in natural selection and evolution? One painless way to learn about a complex subject is to explore it through fiction.\u00a0 A funny, easy-to-read example is The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine. While on an ecological tour of the Galapagos Islands, Jane\u00a0 begins<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/explore-darwin-in-fiction\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[423,462,470],"class_list":["post-2458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-charles-darwin","tag-evolution","tag-friendship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-DE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2496,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions\/2496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}