The Rough Guide to Evolution: University Challenge

Showing posts with label University Challenge. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

While we are on the subject of University Challenge...

This may be a little off-topic for this blog, but while the British media are in a feeding frenzy over Gail Trimble and her team on University Challenge, I thought I would share this with you. The quality is not perfect, but just about watchable.

Imperial College in the University Challenge final 1995-6:

Watch out for the feature in today's Times 2 (you can access it via the free online trial or buy it in print).

The publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin’s masterpiece The Origin of Species changed forever the way we think about life on Earth, but also the human condition. One hundred and fifty years later—and 200 years after his birth—Darwin's big idea has never been more relevant or more challenging. The Rough Guide to Evolution provides a readable introduction to evolution and its influence on almost all aspects of human thought.

Features include:

The life and works of Darwin.
The growth of evolutionary thought.
The evidence for evolution.
The evolutionary history of life on Earth and human evolution
How Darwin’s breakthrough is still denied by creationists.
The wider impact of evolutionary thinking on science and society—from physics and cosmology to Guinness ads and The Simpsons.

The Rough Guide to Evolution has been distributed to 6000 undergraduate students through the Great Read at Birmingham initiative.

The Rough Guide to Evolution

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

While we are on the subject of University Challenge...

Feedjit Live Traffic Map

Feedjit Live Traffic Feed