>I believe that a fair reading of his book shows that he only began to take an
>interest in biochemistry when he got excited about solving the structure of
>DNA. Up to that time he had little, if any, formal training in chemistry...
>by his own admission.
In the case of Darwin, his post-Origin labors on the cirripedia seemed to
me a belated attempt to 'pay his dues' as a working scientist. As if that
would have made any difference to any but a few grumbling critics.
--Cliff Lundberg ~ San Francisco ~ cliff@noe.com