9. Humankind - A Troubling Future? With Lord Robert May
Duration: 10 mins 30 secs
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Lord Robert May, Former President of the Royal Society and UK Government Chief Advisor for Science explores the significance of Darwin and his 'unsolved problems' for the issues facing populations today, and how the nineteenth-century preoccupation with 'where we come from' has given way to a focus on our imminent - and worrying - future as a planet.
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| Created: | 2009-07-09 15:22 | ||
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| Collection: | The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts | ||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||
| Copyright: | The Fitzwilliam Museum | ||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||
| Keywords: | endless forms; charles darwin; natural science; visual arts; cambridge; fitzwilliam museum; 2009; festival; exhibition; lord; robert; may; population; climate change; astronomy; extinction; | ||
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| Abstract: | Lord Robert May, Former President of the Royal Society and UK Government Chief Advisor for Science explores the significance of Darwin and his 'unsolved problems' for the issues facing populations today, and how the nineteenth-century preoccupation with 'where we come from' has given way to a focus on our imminent - and worrying - future as a planet. |
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