Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions Between 1868 and 1872, the life and work of Charles Darwin from "Descent of Man" to "Emotions" continued with aspects of his intended "Big Book" on evolution through natural selection. He had by then hurriedly published an "abstract" of this work as "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, and following the immediate reaction to Darwin's theory his earlier work included demonstrating the utility of the flowers of Orchids in directing insect pollination to achieve cross fertilisation, and a summing up of thirteen years of experiments in "The Variation of Animals and Plants
The Man Who Had No Idea The Man Who Had No Idea "The Man Who Had No Idea" is a 1978 science fiction story by Thomas M. Disch. It was first published in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction". In a world where licenses are required in order to participate in conversation, Barry Riordan risks failing his exam because he cannot think of anything original. "The Man Who Had No Idea" was a finalist for the 1979 Hugo Award for Best Novelette John Sladek considered it to depict "delightful problems". "Kirkus Reviews" noted that it "say(s) a great deal about our expectations of ourselves and