His artworks showed the wonders of evolution to a wide audience.

BOOKS
Cinemaps: An Atlas of 35 Great Movies turns films into elaborate cartography.
"Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality," 'The Handmaid's Tale' author Margaret Atwood said. "I'm a realist."
With its striking spiral architecture, the library was made for both bibliophiles and Instagram.
The “father of African literature,” who was born on this day in 1930, had originally planned to become a doctor.
Yes, your mind really is playing tricks on you. Check out these optical illusions and brain puzzles to learn how and why.
Yes, your mind really is playing tricks on you. Check out these optical illusions and brain puzzles to learn how and why.
Authors have stopped turning to the natural world for size comparisons and started referring to sports.
The real-life tale of how the beloved children's book character came to be rivals any movie.
Since its release in 1930, 'As I Lay Dying' has become regarded as an American classic—and a bit of an endurance test for some readers.
Attention ladies: The Iceman is willing to spring for a fancy dinner, but not at one of those places "where the menu is so fancy I don't know what I'm ordering."
These 15 books were the <em>Harry Potter</em>s of their time.