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Help celebrate Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday by viewing the display located on three north in The Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection room.  The display will be on view though March 2009. Brief paper handouts of some of his works or works about him are available on first and third floors, below is a list of online sources.

 CHARLES DARWIN

Bicentennial of his birth

FEBRUARY 12, 1809-April 19 1882. English naturalist

150th anniversary since the publication

On the Origins of Species

ONLINE: sites and Journals articles

 

AboutDarwin.com– Dedicated to the Life & Times of Charles Darwin

http://www.aboutdarwin.com/news/darwin_news.html 

 

“Celebrating Charles Darwin’s 200^th Birthday”

New York Academy of Science Magazine, Winter 2009 http://www.nyas.org/publications/update.asp

 

The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online http://darwin-online.org.uk/

 

Darwin Day Celebration: An International Recognition of Science & Humanity http://www.darwinday.org/

 

Darwin Digital Library of Evolution. http://darwinlibrary.amnh.org/index.php?globalnav=manuscripts§ionnav=list

 

“Darwin’s First Clues”. National Geographic, February 2009, v. 215, no. 2 (several articles)

 

“The Evolution of Evolution:  How Darwin’s Theory Survives, Thrives and Reshapes the World”.

Scientific American, January 2009, v. 300 no. 1, Special issue includes several articles.

http://www.sciam.com/sciammag/?contents=2009-01

 

Monthly series of essays on evolutionary roots –Science (Weekly) Blogs. http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/109/2

 

Nature magazine, November 21, 2008, v.456 no. 7220 issue features Charles Darwin

 

“Today’s Surprise Discovery Darwin’s Gifts”. The Lancet, Supplement, December 2008,

v. 372. No.  9658.

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/speciaissue  

 

 BOOKS by or about Charles Darwin use the Library online catalog EUREKA

http://eureka.lib.csus.edu/  For works authored by Darwin enter his last name using the AUTHOR tab. For works about Darwin or evolution and related -enter Darwin in the KEYWORD tab.

 

2/5/09 eh/LH

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One Book programs have existed for several years in cities, public libraries, and colleges and universities across the country. This year, thanks in large part to a generous grant from Wells Fargo Bank, Sacramento State has launched an inaugural One Book program of its own. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America is Firoozeh Dumas’s bestselling first book. The book chronicles her family experiences as Iranian immigrants in the United States. Dumas’s humorous and engaging writing style make the book a perfect fit for a campus-wide reading extravaganza, which included the distribution of complementary copies of the book to all 2008 Sac State first year students.

To support campus efforts to promote and educate the community about the Program, a One Book Library exhibit entitled “A Hyphenated Existence: The Iranian-American Experience through Funny in Farsi” will be on display on the first and second floors of the library throughout the academic year. The exhibit complements the author’s visit to campus—which took place on October 15, 2008—as well as coursework and a variety of supporting lectures, films, concerts, and other related events. For further information, including an online Bibliography of Iranian and Iranian-American Resources, please see the Community Engagement Center’s One Book Program web site at: http://www.csus.edu/onebook/

Posted in: Events, Library Announcements by Mary Reddick

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