Darwin Festival 09.08.24 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Sandra Herbert
This week historian Sandra Herbert tells how she retraced Darwin's footsteps to the Galapagos in search of rock samples to prove his volcani...
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What has evolution got to do with us? Bringing some of the world's top minds to Cambridge, the Darwin Festival celebrates the enduring influence of Darwin's ideas 150 years after the publica...
This week historian Sandra Herbert tells how she retraced Darwin's footsteps to the Galapagos in search of rock samples to prove his volcani...
This week we're in conversation with Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the multi-million selling Discworld series. We find out what inspired 'T...
Darwin's first book was on coral reefs. Brian Rosen, from the Natural History Museum in London,takes up the story...
This week we're in conversation with Nobel laureate Sir John Sulston, the man behind the human genome project. He tells how he went from che...
Poet and Darwin-descendent Ruth Padel talks about how the history books led her to write "Darwin, a life in poems", an anthology of fifteen...
Award winning Canadian hip hop artist Baba Brinkman brings us his Rap Guide to Evolution, an hour of clever, witty and scientifically accura...
We tie up the Darwin Festival with predictions on global warming and the future of the human species. Plus, we find out about cultural selec...
The fourth day brings together geologists and an exploration of Darwin's early scientific forays. We also find out how we have the power to...
Day three of the festival and if you've ever wondered what a Darwin rap sounds like, this show is for you. We also explore Darwin's foibles,...
We catch up with festival attendees and speakers on the second day of the Darwin Festival at Cambridge. Today we search for the origins of r...
This week sees Cambridge University celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Each d...