#2580 - Kenneth Lacovara

“And then his ideas were picked up by an Englishman, Charles Lyell, who was a good writer, and who wrote the principles of geology. Hutton's work was The Theory of the Earth.”

“mailboat coming behind them that might have the second volume of the principles of geology, and it does. And he soaks this up, and then by the time he gets down to Patagonia, he's paraphrasing Lyle.”

“And that's not until like 1795, I think, is when he published his book, The Theory of the Earth. And he did something that just makes me love geology, you know, forever, which is he figured out that we live on an old planet with a hammer and a rowboat.”

“of geology. Hutton's work was The Theory of the Earth. And so Captain Fitzroy gifts young Charles Darwin a copy of the principles of geology as they're about to go on their voyage.”

“Well, it's a great way to get free food. It's not free, obviously. You have to pay for chicken feed and all that stuff, but it's like karma-free protein. The eggs are great, aren't they? Like once you have like pastured, grass-fed chicken eggs, you can't go back to the store bought once. Well, it's just they're so fresh.”

“And I have an entrenching tool. You know what that is? It's like a little army shovel, but you can fold the handle at a right angle. And I always have one of those with me because it's a great climbing tool and a digging tool and use it for camp things, but also it's a weapon.”

“particular topic. So he decides he's got to become an expert. So he takes nine years off from writing Origin of Species to become the world's expert on barnacles. And for nine years, he studies barnacles in his study. That's daddy. His little son, Frankie Darwin, has a friend over one day and turns to his friend and says, Where did your dad do his barnacles?”

“Very. Yeah. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks for being here, man. I really appreciate it. It's a pleasure. And your book, Why Dinosaurs Matter? Go get it, folks. Is there an audio book? There is, and I read it. Yes. Yeah. That's what I want to hear. Yeah. Beautiful. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate you. It's been fun. Bye, everybody.”