Standard Research Grant: The Botanical Manuscripts of Charles Darwin

项目概述本项目旨在发展研究基础设施。它将创建数字访问达尔文的植物学手稿，一个从未出版的研究文件的惊人集合。它们构成了现存最大的达尔文实验设计和数据的主体。每份手稿将被转录和注释;此外，它将与相应的高分辨率，全彩色数字图像并排展示。这些材料将成为达尔文植物学百科全书项目网站（http：//www.example.com）不可或缺的一部分。《达尔文的植物学百科全书》是一个巨大的研究叙述宝库，适合历史、哲学和社会科学研究学者研究。该系列开放了数千个主要文件，以仔细检查达尔文的观察和实验实践。科学方法、发现和解释的模型可以在达尔文的大量实证研究中得到检验和扩展。该系列提供了研究达尔文的许多植物学项目中理论和实验相互作用的方式的机会。它也为达尔文自己的科学实践提供了新的视角。与那些为达尔文的研究做出贡献的同事的社会互动研究也可以建立在比迄今为止更具体的基础上。更广泛的影响达尔文的植物学手册是一个实验宝库，可以随时重复，并有潜力用于改进STEM教育。访问达尔文手写实验设计和数据的数字图像可以增强这种练习的教育价值。很多实验都非常简单，用的都是普通的植物。有些人还使用自制的仪器（如钟罩），并依靠同样简单的操作，如称重和计数。达尔文建立他的大部分实验是为了检验/证实一个强有力的假设。因此，基本原理和基本概念可以清楚地解释。此外，PI正在作为一个团队的一部分，在达尔文实验的基础上创建一个强大的教育计划。

Project OverviewThis project is to develop research infrastructure. It will create digital access to Darwin's Botanical Manuscripts, a prodigious collection of never published research documents. They comprise the largest surviving body of Darwin's experimental designs and data. Each manuscript will be transcribed and annotated; in addition, it will be presented side by side with its corresponding high-resolution, full-color digital image. The material will form an integral part of the Darwin Manuscripts Project's website (http://darwin.amnh.org).Intellectual MeritDarwin's Botanical Manuscripts represents an enormous reservoir of research narratives that are amenable to study by scholars in history, philosophy, and social studies of science. The collection opens up thousands of primary documents for close examination of Darwin's observational and experimental practices. Models of scientific method, discovery, and explanation can be tested and expanded against Darwin's large bodies of empirical research. The collection offers opportunities to study the ways that theory and experiment interacted over the course of Darwin's many botanical projects. It offers, as well, new perspectives on Darwin's own representations of his scientific practice. The study of social interactions with colleagues who contributed to the execution of Darwin's research can also be put on a more concrete basis than has been possible to date.Broader ImpactsDarwin's Botanical Manuscripts is a treasure trove of experiments that can be readily repeated and have the potential to be used in the improvement of STEM education. Access to digital images of Darwin's handwritten experimental designs and data can enhance the educational value of such exercises. Many experiments were extremely simple and used common plants. Some also used homemade apparatus (like a bell jar) and relied on equally simple manipulations, such as weighing and counting. Darwin set up most of his experiments in order to test/confirm a strong hypothesis. Therefore, the rationale and underlying concepts can be plainly explained. In addition, the PI is working as part of a team on a proposal to create a robust education program based on Darwin's experiments.