
20a. Genius Explained [Darwin, Stephenson & Faraday] by Michael Howe
Education Bookcast
Darwin's Insect Collection
Darwin was continuously collecting different species like butterflies and beetles at age 10 he was already quite experienced. He collaborated with his brother Erasmus who was four years older than him from correspondence between them we can see that Erasmus never doubted Charles's ability to run and manage even very complex tasks in this makeshift laboratory. Darwin also learned practical chemistry which is important because otherwise he had no sources of scientific education so much except for of course his mother with botany but mostly he had limited access to scientific education because it wasn't taught one further advantage that he had or good thing about him was that he was rather sociable and well-liked It was important that he was likable especially