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SUMMARY:George Howard Darwin and the ‘Public’ Understanding of Nature 
 - Dr Edwin Rose. Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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CONTACT:Manu Sasidharan
DESCRIPTION:George Howard Darwin and the ‘Public’ Understanding of Nat
 ure\n \nThe Darwin family have been—and remain—one of the most famous 
 families associated with the University of Cambridge. After giving an init
 ial survey of the Darwin family’s connection to the University this talk
  examines the decades approaching 1900. This period represents the foundat
 ion of sustained connections between the Darwin family and Cambridge\, wit
 h four of Charles Darwin’s children living in the town\, two of whom wer
 e elected to senior positions within the university.\n\nConcentrating on G
 eorge Howard Darwin (1845–1912)\, Plumian Professor of Astronomy who pur
 chased Newnham Grange\, now Darwin College\, in 1885\, this talk gives the
  first account of his scientific work and attempts to adapt this for broad
 er audiences. Darwin’s research relied on a sophisticated correspondence
  network extending across the British empire\, gathering data to formulate
  his theories on the relationship between the tides and lunar motion. In t
 he years around 1900 Darwin was invited to present on these matters in Eur
 ope\, the United States and South Africa. Concentrating on the series of L
 owell Lectures Darwin gave in Boston in 1897\, this talk examines his atte
 mpts to adapt academic research for broader audiences\, work that resulted
  in his only—and extremely successful—monograph The Tides and Kindred 
 Phenomena of the Solar System (1898).
LOCATION:Darwin College\, Richard King Room
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