OU Lecture 2009: Download the discussion

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Download the discussion that took place after The OU Lecture 2009: Darwin's Five Bridges by Professor Richard Dawkins

30 Apr

2009

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Richard Dawkins delivered this year's Open University lecture at the Natural History Museum on Tuesday 17th March 2009.

Dawkins’ presented to an invited audience at the Natural History Museum, and investigated if Darwin was the most revolutionary scientist ever, and examined the evolutionary theories of his contemporaries.

Below is an mp3 of the question and answer session that followed Dawkins lecture.

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Dawkins on Darwin

1 of 7 OU Lecture 2009: Solving the riddle Featuring: video, OU image library

Random chance, design or cumulative natural selection? Dawkins explores how Darwin and his peers solved the riddle of life. Read more : OU Lecture 2009: Solving the riddle

2 of 7 OU Lecture 2009: Developing natural selection Featuring: video, OU image library

Professor Richard Dawkins discusses Darwin’s peers and the development of the theory of Natural Selection. Read more : OU Lecture 2009: Developing natural selection

3 of 7 OU Lecture 2009: Darwin and Wallace Featuring: video, OU image library

Dawkins discusses the ideas of Blyth, Matthew, Wallace and Darwin and begins to explore neo-Darwinism. Read more : OU Lecture 2009: Darwin and Wallace

4 of 7 OU Lecture 2009: The fifth bridge Featuring: video, OU image library

Dawkins explores the ideas of Darwin’s peers including Fleeming Jenkin and Sewall Wright, and discusses how close Darwin came to Mendelism. Read more : OU Lecture 2009: The fifth bridge

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Thursday, 30th April 2009

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