Darwin's Barnacles | Science History Institute
“We expect eurekas, sudden flashes of insight. We want drama. What Darwin did, hunched over those smelly barnacles, seems like the opposite of creativity—petty drudge work. But that patient, yearslong labor was actually critical.”
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Photo taken in 2021 on Camano Island, Pacific Northwest, USA.