Two Hundred Years of Evolution: Celebrating Charles Darwin in 2009
Wednesday 6 May 2009
By the time of his death Charles Darwin was one of the most celebrated
- and one of the most notorious - scientists in the world. Still controversial,
he has become an icon of modern science at the same time as his theories have
become the basis of modern biology.
This talk asks what are we to make
of this public visibility, past and present. It explores English and American
commemorations as a reflection of earlier controversies and concerns, and looks
ahead to issues that may underlie this year's anniversary celebrations.
- Time: 6pm
- Venue: The Geological Society of London (Piccadilly entrance)
- Speaker: Professor Janet Browne (Harvard University)
One of the Evolution and the Cosmos lectures
