THOMAS DIXON
Darwinism vs creationism: a very American conflict
Monday 12 October 2009
Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, 5.30 till 7pm
A British Society for the History of Science public lecture, hosted by the
Manchester Museum and Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
(CHSTM), University of Manchester.
By the time of Charles Darwin's death, many Christians had come to terms with
the troubling religious implications of natural selection. Yet today the idea of
a conflict between Darwinism and faith seems to be stronger than ever. Thomas
Dixon explains how the culture, law, and politics of the USA helped to create a
confrontation between evolution and Christian creationism in the second half of
the twentieth century.
Thomas Dixon's book Science and Religion: a Very Short Introduction (2008) was
recently awarded the 2009 Dingle Prize of the British Society for the History of
Science. He is Senior Lecturer in History at Queen Mary, University of London.
---
JAMES MOORE
Darwin's sacred cause: race, slavery and human origins
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Theatre B, Roscoe Building, Brunswick Street (off Oxford Road), University of
Manchester, 5.30 till 7pm
A public lecture sponsored by CHSTM, Manchester Museum and Manchester Science
Festival.
Learn how the anti-slavery cause, with which Charles Darwin grew up, shaped his
views on the evolutionary unity of mankind and man’s place in the animal kingdom.
James Moore is the author, with Adrian Desmond, of the bestselling biography
Darwin (1991) and Darwin's Sacred Cause (2009). He is Professor in the
Department of History at the Open University, and one of the world's leading
Darwin scholars.
---
PATRICIA FARA
4000 years in 400 pages
Saturday 24 October 2009
John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. 1 till 2.30pm
A public lecture sponsored by Manchester Science Festival.
How do you fit 4000 years of science into 400 pages? Historians call this the
Big Picture problem, and now Patricia Fara has provided a solution. In this
talk, she discusses three of the Big Questions she had to confront while she was
writing Science: A Four Thousand Year History: When did science begin? Who did
science? How does science change? Some of her answers may be unexpected.
Patricia Fara's books include Newton: the Making of Genius (2002), An
Entertainment for Angels: Electricity in the Enlightenment (2003), and
Scientists Anonymous: Great Stories of Women in Science (2005). She is a Fellow
of Clare College, Cambridge, where she lectures on the history of science.
---
All events are free. No need to book: just turn up!
For further details of the sponsors and organisers:
www.manchester.ac.uk/chstm
www.manchester.ac.uk/museum
www.bshs.org.uk
www.manchestersciencefestival.com
|