Darwin Gets Swine Flu: Celebrating The Origin of Species in an Age of Pandemics
Type of Event:
Lecture/Talks
Start date:
Sat, 09/11/2010
End Date:
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Duration:
530 pm
Organization Name:
Yale Peabody museum
at Whitney Avenue and Sachem Street
New Haven
CT
Phone:
(203) 432.5050
Description:
As part of the 150th anniversary of biology’s most important book, award winning science writer, Carl Zimmer, looks at how Darwin’s theory of evolution has become an essential tool for scientists seeking to understand life in all its complexity – including the emergence of new diseases such as swine flu and deadly E. coli outbreaks.
Carl Zimmer is a regular contributor to The New York Times, Scientific American, Time and many other publications. He is the author of seven books, most recently The Tangled Bank: an Introduction to Evolution and Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life. Professor Zimmer is a lecturer at Yale, where he teaches science writing. Book signing to follow.
Cost:
Free
Ages:
All