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Gillian Beer
Cambridge 800 Series: Cultures of Extinction – Darwin and the Present
Hay Festival 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?
In association with Cambridge University and The Cambridge Festival of Ideas
