Darwin Discussion: 'The Origin' and the future of biology - 24 November 2009

Darwin, 'The Origin' and the future of biology.

A panel discussion with a keynote speech, presented by video, from the famous evolutionary biologist Professor E.O. Wilson. The event brings together a Booker Prize winning author, Charles Darwin's great great grandson and leading figures from the field of evolutionary science to look at Darwin's big idea and its continuing impact on our modern understanding of life exactly 150 years on from the publication of On the Origin of Species.  

 

Panelists:   

  • Professor Peter Bowler, Queen's University Belfast

  • Randal Keynes OBE, The Charles Darwin Trust

  • Dr Sandy Knapp, Natural History Museum

  • Ian McEwan, writer

  • Professor Armand Leroi, Imperial College 

 

On 24 November, in the very venue where the first public lecture on evolutionary theory was held, Professor Wilson, considered by many to be "Darwin's natural heir", presents his vision for a unified system of biology equipped to tackle the existing problems in our natural world.

 

Join us to celebrate this landmark occasion.

 

Tuesday 24 November

  • 0900  Refreshments

  • 0930  Lecture and panel discussion

  • 1100  Refreshments

  • 1130  Event ends

Faraday Lecture Theatre

Royal Institution, 21 Albermarle Street, London  W1S 4BS  

 

Prof. Wilson is considered the founder of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, and has developed the base of modern biodiversity conservation. He has received many of the world's leading prizes among which are Commander, First Class, Royal Order of the Polar Star, Sweden (2009) and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award, Principality of Monaco (2009). He was awarded Pulitzer Prizes for The Ants (1990, with Bert Hölldobler) and On Human Nature (1978). In 2006, Prof. Wilson received the TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) Prize, where he introduced the concept of the Encyclopedia of Life - a contemporary, dynamic web page for every named species.

 

To book your free seat:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/about-us/75th-Anniversary/lecture-series/eowilson-on-darwin/

 

 

 

ryoung | 20th November 2009