1. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the 'Deep Past' in the 19th-Century Imagination

Update: 2009-06-01

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Why was the young Darwin's fascination with geology so important for his later work? And why was prehistory so popular in early nineteenth-century Britain? A podcast with Professor Jim Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project and Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, to complement the exhibition 'Endless Forms' at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (16 June - 4 October 2009).

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In Channel

15. Between Apes and Angels: Representing the Darker Implications of Darwinism

2009-09-02--:--

14. Evolving Images: Race and Popular Darwinism in Nineteenth-Century Photography

2009-08-03--:--

13. The Predatory Ape: Sex, Simians and Society in Nineteenth-Century Europe

2009-07-29--:--

12. From Missing Link Mania to Creationism.com: 150 Years of Popular Darwinism in Europe

2009-07-13--:--

11. Darwin, Design and Christianity: With Professor John Brooke

2009-07-13--:--

10. The Evolving Body: With Professor Randolph Nesse

2009-07-13--:--

9. Humankind - A Troubling Future? With Lord Robert May

2009-07-09--:--

8. Darwin, Hooker and the Venus Flytraps: With Sir Peter Crane

2009-07-08--:--

7. Evolving Philosophy: With Professor Philip Kitcher

2009-07-07--:--

6. A Tour of 'Endless Forms': With Sir Paul Nurse

2009-07-06--:--

5. 'Flaunting It' - Sexual Selection and the Art of Courtship

2009-07-02--:--

4. Uncovering our Origins: Monkeys, Apes and 'Primitive Man' - and how Darwin got it wrong

2009-06-30--:--

3. The Roots of a Theory: How Plants Specimens Led a Young Darwin to Discovery

2009-06-24--:--

2. Darwin in Cambridge: from Christ's College to the Beagle

2009-06-09--:--

Darwin and the Arts? Introducing the 'Endless Forms' Podcast Series

2009-06-02--:--

1. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the 'Deep Past' in the 19th-Century Imagination

2009-06-01--:--

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1. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the 'Deep Past' in the 19th-Century Imagination

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1. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the 'Deep Past' in the 19th-Century Imagination

The Fitzwilliam Museum

1. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the 'Deep Past' in the 19th-Century Imagination