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Gillian Beer

Cambridge 800 Series: Cultures of Extinction – Darwin and the Present

Hay Festival 2009, Saturday 23 May 2009

We view extinction now with alarm and even horror, and are encouraged to do so by specialist commentators and popular media alike. Darwin saw extinction as humdrum, inevitable and important for his theory. What does this transformation reveal about Darwin and ourselves?

Philip Delves Broughton

Heston Blumenthal talks to Jay Rayner

Bronwen Maddox, Matthew d’Ancona and Nik Gowing talk to Adam Boulton

Jeremy Leggett

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Gillian Beer

Cambridge 800 Series: Cultures of Extinction – Darwin and the Present

Hay Festival 2009, Saturday 23 May 2009

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Gillian Beer

Cambridge 800 Series: Cultures of Extinction – Darwin and the Present

Hay Festival 2009, Saturday 23 May 2009

In association with Cambridge University and The Cambridge Festival of Ideas

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