BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Darwin without the Science - what can we learn? - Peter Mason\, Fr eelance Journalist and author DTSTART:20241129T190000Z DTEND:20241129T120000Z UID:TALK224911@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:126742 DESCRIPTION:Darwin without the science - what can we learn?\nDate: Fri 29/ 11\, Time: 7:00pm\, Location: Seminar Room 2&3\, Christ’s College\n\n\nt ldr: Talk: Who was Darwin? No science knowledge required\n\n\n"Those who l ook tenderly at the slave owner\, and with a cold heart at the slave\, nev er seem to put themselves into the position of the latter... It makes one' s blood boil\, yet heart tremble\, to think that we Englishmen and our Ame rican descendants\, with their boastful cry of liberty\, have been and are so guilty...”\n- Charles Darwin\, The Voyage of the Beagle\n\n\nDarwin without the science - what can we learn?\n\nStarting in 1831\, travelling with only rudimentary support and often in great peril\, Darwin roamed fre ely across unchartered territories as he encountered an unfamiliar world t hat was soon to disappear. This makes Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle\, all the more important as a historical text. \n\nAlong the way he saw things - from the horrors of slavery and the extermination of indigenous peoples\, to the strange environment of the Galapagos Islands - that informed his o utlook and\, ultimately\, led to his radical ideas on evolution of the spe cies. \n\nWith the science being so influential\, it is a shame that his l ife experience sometimes goes unnoticed. That's where Darwin Society’s n ext speaker comes in. \n \nAuthor and journalist Peter Mason has created a new\, more accessible version of Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle that contr oversially removes the scientific bits to reveal an exciting travel book.\ n\nCome to our Q&A session with Peter to discover how and why he did it – and what this new-look book might tell us about Darwin the man\, as op posed to Darwin the scientist. \nHear about Darwin's views on slavery\, co lonialism and the nature of civilisation\, as well as thoughts on his writ ing style\, his overlooked bravery and his reverence for the mystical powe rs of mother nature.\n \nAbout the Speaker:\nPeter Mason is a writer for T he Guardian and Morning Star newspapers\, and the author of a number of bo oks on various topics\, including The Brown Dog Affair\, about the brown d og riots of 1907\, and Bacchanal\, a study of Trinidad carnival.\n\n LOCATION:Yusuf Hamied Seminar Room 2&\;3\, Christ's College\, Cambridge \, CB2 3BU END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR