{"id":901,"date":"2009-02-12T11:46:23","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T16:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=901"},"modified":"2009-03-28T18:20:21","modified_gmt":"2009-03-28T22:20:21","slug":"bad-man-of-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Bad man of science"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Citizens for Science board member Jonathan Smith makes good use of a guest spot <\/a>at the St. Petersburg Times education blog The Gradebook.<\/p>\n

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 and published \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On the Origin of Species\u00e2\u20ac\u009d some 50 years later. That of course means that 2009 is the bicentennial of Darwin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birth and the sesquicentennial of the publication of his most famous – or infamous – work. Celebrations are planned world wide, many taking place in America and several in our own state of Florida.<\/p>\n

However, just how many members of the general public will attend these events is another matter.<\/p>\n

In this country, one that at present leads the world in science and technology, Darwin is still the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bad Man of Science.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Americans have readily embraced and utilized the theories of Pasteur, Einstein and Marconi. We have even forgiven Galileo for suggesting that, contrary to biblical text, the earth is not the center of the universe. But not so with Darwin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good read the whole thing. It’s very well done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Florida Citizens for Science board member Jonathan Smith makes good use of a guest spot at the St. Petersburg Times education blog The Gradebook. Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 and published \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On the Origin of Species\u00e2\u20ac\u009d some … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-ex","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2519,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2519","url_meta":{"origin":901,"position":0},"title":"Darwin Day, Central Florida","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm speaking at Central Florida Freethought Community's Darwin Day event Sunday, February 12, 1 - 4 p.m. at the University Club of Winter Park. 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