Happy Darwin Day!

[randomness]

Thanks to kjc007, who says:

Well today, 12 February 2008, is DARWIN DAY! Today we celebrate the 199th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on 12 February 1809.

Wikipedia sez, "The day is also an opportunity to highlight Darwin's contribution to science and to promote science in general."

Hints on celebrating DARWIN DAY: http://www.darwinday.org/

As I'm a paper money geek, I thought I'd add this Bank of England page on the £10 note, which features "a portrait of Charles Darwin on the back":



The Bank of England also include details about his life.

I'd love to celebrate the day by giving away copies of the above portrait, along with the rest of the banknote, which also features a portrait of the Queen (two portraits for a single low price!) but I'm afraid that's beyond my means.

Someone else should, though. :)

Comments

[lothie.livejournal.com]

Speaking of celebrations, thank you for the beautiful card. :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Glad it got to you! :)

[belfrynotes.livejournal.com]

Isn't today Abraham Lincoln's 199th birthday as well? Pretty amazing if those two seminal figures were born on the same day.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

They were!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_12#Births:

# 1809 - Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)
# 1809 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)

[julianyap.livejournal.com]

I love British currency. It's so nicely designed. And they change the picture of who's on it periodically, which is a cool way of celebrating different people (I guess we do that with stamps?).

Sadly, no chance of this happening here. Though I suppose we could just keep redesigning the $2 and nobody would notice.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Though I suppose we could just keep redesigning the $2 and nobody would notice.

True enough. I mean, it's what they're doing with the dollar coin. :)

[colinmac.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't know they changed them! I noticed that Adam Smith is on the £20 now. W00t! :)