Darwin's own grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, wrote an extensive book outlining a transmutation view, and it is known that Darwin had read this as a teenager.
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. noun. 1. the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called readers), theatre, music (in which they are called listeners), video games (in which they are called players), or academics in any medium.