{"id":6378,"date":"2023-05-30T16:33:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T23:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&p=6378"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:07:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:07:36","slug":"darwin-hooker-a-story-of-friendship-curiosity-and-discovery-that-changed-the-world","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/darwin-hooker-a-story-of-friendship-curiosity-and-discovery-that-changed-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Darwin & Hooker: A story of friendship, curiosity and discovery that changed the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) were both major figures in 19th<\/sup> century British biology.\u00a0 Darwin is famous for his work on evolution, and Hooker was an important plant explorer and director of Kew Gardens, following his father William Jackson Hooker in that position.<\/p>\n

Less is known about the close friendship between the two men and the important support they gave to each other\u2019s research.\u00a0 That story is told in \u201cDarwin & Hooker: A story of friendship, curiosity and discovery that changed the world\u201d, a delightfully illustrated book by Alexandra Stewart and Joe Todd-Stanton.\u00a0 While marketed as a children\u2019s book, I would easily recommend this to anyone interested in a biography of these two men.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth men found their time together useful, stimulating and hugely enjoyable.\u00a0 They learnt a great deal from one another and enjoyed gossiping and teasing each other.\u201d\u00a0 This quote is from a page showing Darwin and Hooker playing in a field with some of their children.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the illustrations are especially effective at demonstrating scientific concepts that would be challenging if only presented in text.\u00a0 This is especially true in differentiating the 13 species of finches on the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands that all descended from one species found on the South America mainland.\u00a0 These species primarily differ by the size and shape of their beaks.\u00a0 The study of these birds helped Darwin develop the theory of evolution by natural selection.<\/p>\n

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Excerpted from Brian Thompson’s article in the Summer 2023 issue of the Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) were both major figures in 19th century British biology.\u00a0 Darwin is famous for his work on evolution, and Hooker was an important plant explorer and director of Kew Gardens, following his father William Jackson Hooker in that position. Less is known about the close friendship between the two men and the important support they gave to each other\u2019s research.\u00a0 That story is told in \u201cDarwin & Hooker: A story of friendship, curiosity…<\/p>\n

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