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Next meeting:

‘Was there a Darwinian Revolution?'

by Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick

As we approach the major Darwin anniversary of 2009 -- 200 years since Darwin's birth, 150 years since the publication of his Origin of Species -- it is widely believed that Darwin's evolution theory started a "revolution." But is that right? What is at stake in saying that Darwin's work was or was not "revolutionary"? Taking opposite sides on the reality of a Darwinian revolution, Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick, coeditors of The Cambridge Companion to Darwin (2003/2009), will explore some of the challenges to historical understanding of Darwin and his importance to science and society.

Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick are based at the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Leeds. Besides the Darwin Companion, their recent books include Before and After Darwin (Hodge, 2008) and The Simian Tongue (Radick, 2007).

Monday December 1st
7:45pm – 9:30pm
New Headingley Club,
56 St Michael’s Rd,
Leeds LS6 3BG.
Tel: 0113 2757712 (for info. on venue)
Entry £2

Past meetings:

Tues Nov 4th 2008	Geophysical Prospecting – Finding Rocks You Can Sell by Alan Reid
Mon Oct 6th 2008	The Science of Weather Forecasting by Doug Parker
Mon Aug 4th 2008	Biofuels: Global Challenge, International Response by Catherine Rhodes
Mon July 7th 2008	Artificial Intelligence in Games - 1945 to 2045 By Peter Cowling
Mon June 2nd 2008	Sex and Drugs and Broken Bones By Jo Neil and Kay Marshall
Tues May 6th 2008	The World as Structure: Exploring the Implications of Modern Physics By Steven French
Mon Apr 7th 2008	Polymaths - Who needs them? By Alasdair Beal
Mon Mar 3rd 2008	The Psychology of Pain By Stephen Morley
Mon Feb 4th 2008	A The Physics of Star Trek. Can Anti-matter power the Enterprise? By Ruth Gregory
Mon Jan 7th 2008	A 21st Century Transport System for Leeds? By Dave Haskins
Mon Dec 3rd 2007	Research Integrity By Aubrey Blumsohn
Tues Oct 2nd 2007	Genetic Manipulation By Chris Wild
Thurs Aug 2nd 2007	The Politics of Food By Malcolm Povey
Mon Apr 30th 2007	Memory for life How it works and how we lose it By Martin Conway
Mon Mar 19th 2007	Copenhagen - The Play
Tues Feb 19th 2006	Nanotechnology By Rik Brydson
Tues Dec 12th 2006	Capitalism Unleashed The impact on the UK of the rapidly developing economies of China and the South By Andrew Glyn
Thurs Nov 2nd 2006	21st Century Leeds Geographies of a Regional City Rachel Unsworth, academic author working part time with the Leeds Initiative Download poster (156KB PDF file)
Tues Oct 3rd 2006	Debate – To combat global warming we need nuclear power For – Stephen Stretton (Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy) Against – Phil Webber (Scientists for Global Responsibility)
Thurs Aug 31st 2006	Global Warming From the geological past to the future Jane Francis, academic and regular visitor to the North Pole
Mon July 17th 2006	The Future of Work in Britain What jobs will there be and what skills will we need to do them? Professor Mike Campbell, Policy and Research Director of the Sector Skills Development Agency

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