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Part 1 - The Prepared Mind

Series: Darwin
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Length: 00:53:51

From Darwin's early years to his voyage of discovery on H.M.S. Beagle. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

This four part series is a Tribute to Charles Darwin celebrating the 150th anniversary of his earth-shattering book, 'On The Origin of Species'.  Darwin's theory of Evolution by Natural Selection completely changed the way we think about the natural world.  Seth Feldman guides us through Darwin's life and his revolutionary ideas.

Broadcast History

Aired on CBC Radio One on November 11, 2009

Intro and Outro

INTRO:

This is part one of a tribute to the influential British naturalist Charles Darwin. Last year (2009) marked the 150th Anniversary of his book 'The Origin of Species'. To commemorate the occasion, this series 'The Evolution of Darwin' was produced for the CBC Radio program IDEAS.

OUTRO:

That was part one of the series 'The Evolution of Darwin'. It was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Related Website

www.cbc.ca/ideas