James Costa and Elizabeth Yale will be speaking in Cambridge to present their new book The Descent of Man: An Annotated Edition of Darwin’s Classic Work. Their talk will take place on 13 May at 5.30-6.30pm at the Department of Zoology, Main Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge. Booking is recommended.
Speaker Biographies
James T. Costa is director of the Highlands Biological Station and professor of biology at Western Carolina University. His books include Darwin’s Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory and Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species. Elizabeth E. Yale is associate professor in the Department of History and the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Sociable Knowledge: Natural History and the Nation in Early Modern Britain.
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