Darwin

“Set the sails; I feel the winds a’stirring.” So begins the song, “Charlie Darwin,” by the rock band The Low Anthem. Frontman Ben Knox Miller describes how the band came up with the tune and its darker message, “Who could heed the words of Charlie Darwin? Fighting for a system built to fail.”

Writer Adam Gopnik gives meaning and significance to an enduring convergence in his new book Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life. He joins us now for a celebration of the 200th birthday of two amazing men.

One hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection were presented at the Linnean Society of London. A year and a half later, Darwin published what is now a monumental work: The Origin of the Species. The Takeaway looks at Darwin’s legacy and the continuing debate surrounding evolution.

For today’s Geo Quiz, we’re looking for the name of Charles Darwin’s home, where he worked on his groundbreaking theory of evolution. The answer is Down House. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from The World’s Science Correspondent Rhitu Chatterjee.

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Mt. Darwin in Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America. As The World’s David Leveille reports, the mountain was named in honor of Charles Darwin on February 12, 1834 — his 25th birthday.