Darwin
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Darwin most often refers to:
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
- Charles Galton Darwin (1887–1962), English physicist, the grandson of Charles Darwin
- Darwin, Northern Territory, a capital city in Australia
- Darwin (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
Darwin may also refer to the following:
Science and technology[edit]
- Darwin (unit), a unit of evolutionary change, defined by J.B.S. Haldane
- Darwin (ESA), a European Space Agency project
- RRS Charles Darwin, a British ship
- 1991 Darwin, a main-belt asteroid
- Darwin Medal
- Darwin Lagrangian
- Dark matter WIMP search with liquid xenon, a proposed physics experiment
- Cordillera Darwin Metamorphic Complex a geological unit in Tierra del Fuego
Computing[edit]
- Darwin (programming game)
- Darwin (operating system), the Unix base for Apple's Mac OS X operating system
- Darwin Streaming Server
- XDarwin
- Darwin Information Typing Architecture
- Darwin (ADL) An Architecture Description Language
Entertainment[edit]
- Darwin (2011 film), a 2011 documentary film
- Darwin (2015 film), a 2015 science fiction film by Alain Desrochers
- Darwin (seaQuest DSV), a dolphin in the TV series seaQuest DSV
- Darwin 4078, an arcade game
- Darwin (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe, associated with X-Men
- Darwin!, a 1972 musical album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
- Darwin's Nightmare, a 2004 documentary film
- Darwin, a fictional fish with legs in the animated TV series "The Amazing World of Gumball"
- Darwin, a 1993 television film by Peter Greenaway
Places[edit]
- Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe
- Darwin Glacier (Antarctica)
- Darwin Mountains, Antarctica
- Darwin Bank, an oil field in Azerbaijan
Australia[edit]
- Darwin, Northern Territory
- Charles Darwin National Park
- Charles Darwin Reserve
- Charles Darwin University
- Darwin River, Northern Territory
- Darwin Dam (Tasmania)
- Division of Darwin, 1903–1955 election division
- Mount Darwin (Tasmania)
- Darwin, Tasmania
United Kingdom[edit]
- Darwin College, Cambridge
- Darwin College, Kent
- Darwin Shopping Centre, Shrewsbury
- The Darwin Centre, of the Natural History Museum, London
- Darwin (ward), an electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley.
North America[edit]
- Darwin, California, in Inyo County
- Darwin, Fresno County, California
- Darwin Falls, a waterfall in California
- Darwin Falls Wilderness
- Darwin Township, Clark County, Illinois
- Darwin School, Manitoba
- Darwin, Minnesota
- Darwin, Ohio
- Darwin, Virginia
- Mount Darwin (California)
South America[edit]
- Cordillera Darwin, Tierra del Fuego
- Darwin Channel
- Darwin, Falkland Islands
- Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands
- Darwin Sound
- Mount Darwin (Andes), Tierra del Fuego
- Darwin, Río Negro, a municipality in Río Negro Province, Argentina
Craters[edit]
- Darwin (lunar crater)
- Darwin (Martian crater), a crater on Mars
- Darwin Crater, in Tasmania
Other uses[edit]
- Darwin Rebellion, a demonstration which took place in Australia in 1918
- Darwin Baseball League, North Australian sport
- Darwin Rugby League, North Australian sport, see Northern Territory Rugby League
- Darwin Airline, based in Switzerland
See also[edit]
- Darwen (disambiguation)
- Darwinia (disambiguation)
- Darwin Awards
- Darwin glass
- Darwin Day
- Darwin-Wedgwood family
- List of things named after Charles Darwin
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