Decades after they went missing, two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks were returned anonymously to Cambridge University:
Two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks containing his famedwere returned to the Cambridge University library more than two decades after they were first reported missing.
“They may be tiny, just the size of postcards, but the notebooks’ impact on the history of science, and their importance to our world-class collections here, cannot be overstated,” Jessica Gardner, the head Cambridge University librarian, said in a statement.was a fundamental component of his theory of evolution through natural selection, and was the subject of a 2009 BBC documentary released to celebrate the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth.
“The building has transformed significantly since the notebooks were first reported as missing,” Gardner explained, noting new security systems, special reading rooms, CCTV, card-and-pin access, and a dedicated security team.
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