Date
27/02/2021
Time
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
EVENT REGISTRATION: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/darwin-day-2021-commemorating-charles-darwin-tickets-141657476325
In celebration of Darwin Day 2021 (12 Feb), The Humanist Society invites you to an afternoon with Dr. John van Wyhe, globally noted Darwin historian sharing his new discoveries.
When he died in 1882, Darwin was the most famous man of science in the world. His theory of evolution had already long since swept the scientific world and become and remained accepted as fact.
Ever since his time he has been continuously written about, studied and commemorated. Over the decades, however, more and more myths and legends gradually became part of his story. Now they have become some of the principal “facts” everyone thinks they know about him.
Dr van Wyhe’s latest book is:
‘Charles Darwin: A Companion’, the result of over a decade of collaborative research through well over one million sources. The book is an overwhelming demonstration that Darwin is the most influential scientist who has ever lived.
About the Speaker:
John van Wyhe is a historian of science at the National University of Singapore. He is the founder and Director of Darwin Online, published fourteen books and lectures and broadcasts around the world. http://darwin-online.org.uk/people/van_wyhe.html
See the book:
In Singapore: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/11497
On Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Darwin-Iconographies-John-van-Wyhe/dp/9811229279/
On Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darwin-Companion-Iconographies-John-Wyhe/dp/9811229279/
The introduction is freely available online: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/suppl/10.1142/11497/suppl_file/11497_intro.pdf
