Learning on ScreenDarwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the ‘Deep Past’ In the 19th-Century Imagination
- Synopsis
- Why was the young Charles Darwin’s fascination with geology so important for his later work and why was prehistory so popular in early nineteenth-century Britain? This podcast with Professor Jim Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project and Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, was produced to complement the exhibition ‘Endless Forms’ at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (16 June - 4 October 2009). [13 minutes]
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2009
- Subjects
- Geology; Natural history
- Keywords
- Darwin, Charles; dinosaurs; evolution; history of science
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.darwinendlessforms.org/podcasts/episode-1/
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed/Download
Credits
- Contributor
- Jim Secord
Distributor
- Name
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- Web
- http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk External site opens in new window
- Address
- Trumpington Street
Cambridge
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