‘A MAN WHO DARES TO WASTE ONE HOUR OF TIME HAS NOT DISCOVERED THE VALUE OF LIFE’
Charles Darwin
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The Darwin Now exhibition has associated educational resources, including instructions for hands-on experiments, arts-based activities and suggestions for debates as well as an exhibition quiz.
The exhibition booklet is available for download here (in Polish only).
For more details, as well as available downloads, please visit our Darwin Now UK website.
Throughout the 19th century there was a transformation in thought that still reverberates today. The workings of nature and the variety of life were re-imagined in ways that underlie all modern biology. The wider implications of these ideas still provoke controversy.
One man, and one book, came to symbolise the new biology of evolution. Charles Darwin, born in 1809, was 50 when he published perhaps the most famous scientific work ever written. Therefore, 2009 marks both the bicentenary of his birth and 150 years since the first appearance of 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'.
Darwin Now is the British Council’s contribution to the international celebration of two landmark anniversaries for science in 2009 – the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his ground-breaking work 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'.
Charles Darwin’s works continues to influence biology and other branches of science today. His work gives us a perspective on some of the most important questions that face us in the 21st century.
Our international programme of activities will engage people from around the world and provide an opportunity to explore the relationship between evolution and religion in an unprejudiced and open way.
Explore Darwin’s world and his enduring legacy. The exhibition explores the origins of Darwin’s book, outlines his central ideas, and explains how they remain at the core of contemporary research in biology and medicine.
If interested in inviting Darwin Now exhibition to your city/town/school/culture centre please contact Katarzyna Naszarkowska
Exhibition partners:
http://ukinpoland.fco.gov.uk/en/
http://www.biol.uw.edu.pl/darwin/ http://www.buw.uw.edu.pl/ http://www.festiwalnauki.edu.pl/ http://www.sfn.edu.pl
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