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.
1 A message -- what the communicator wants the audience to do or believe. 2  An audience -- the recipient (or recipients) of the message. 3  Throughout this section, we will refer to the person or people you want to influence as the audience, even if your audience is just one person.t the simplest level, influence is simply the effective combination of three elements: 1  A communicator -- the person who wants to influence someone. 2  A message -- what the communicator wants the audience to do or believe. 3  An audience -- the recipient (or recipients) of the message.