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til661
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 Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:13 am Post subject: Richard Dawkins - Selfish Gene Audio |
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From: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/selfish06/selfish06_index.html
THE SELFISH GENE: THIRTY YEARS ON
Speakers: Daniel C. Dennett, Matt Ridley, Sir John Krebs, Ian McEwan, Richard Dawkins; Chair: Melvyn Bragg; Organiser: Helena Cronin for Darwin@LSE
| Quote: | The toughest ticket in London's West End last week wasn't for a new mega-hit musical from Cameron Mackintosh, or a new play by Tom Stoppard. The people who flocked to The Old Theatre were greeted by famed British radio and television presenter Melvyn Bragg ("Start the Week") with the following opening words:
"They are in you and me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence. They have come a long way, those replicators. Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines."
The words are from The Selfish Gene, by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. And the evening was a celebration of the thirty year anniversary of the publication of his classic book. As I was unable to attend, I asked Helena Cronin, the founder and director of Darwin@LSE, (and the author of The Ant and the Peacock), to guest edit this special edition of Edge, and she has kindly provided us with the complete audio of the event as well supervising the editing of the transcribed text. Edge is extremely grateful to her for her efforts. |
Download Link: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/selfish06/SelfishGene30.mp3
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luke
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:29 am Post subject: |
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nekokate
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Just listened to this. Very interesting indeed. A lot of it went over my head (the scientific shop talk) but still very interesting! Thanks til. |
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til661
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| No problem |
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