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3. The Roots of a Theory: How Plants Specimens Led a Young Darwin to Discovery
Plant specimens may seem an unlikely starting point for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection - but, as Professor John Parker investigates in this podcast, the...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Wed 24 Jun 2009
8. Darwin, Hooker and the Venus Flytraps: With Sir Peter Crane
Sir Peter Crane, Former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, talks about the fascinating friendship between Darwin and the botanist Joseph Hooker. (An audio-only podcast...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Wed 8 Jul 2009
Cambridge Ideas - Don't Eat the Plants
Are plants as defenceless as they appear? See the world how the plants do, as Professor John Parker, explores how plants – the ‘great scientists of the animal kingdom’ – have...
Collection: Cambridge Ideas
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 23 May 2011
John Parker - The man who knows everything; The life of John Stevens Henslow
Henslow is remembered for recommending Darwin to the Beagle expedition but his research is less well known – the nature of species through understanding natural variation.
Collection: Clare Hall Colloquium
Institution: Clare Hall
Created: Wed 15 Oct 2014
Play In Green Spaces
Adults instinctively feel that playing outside is good for children, but what is actually known about the benefits of play in green spaces?
Collection: PEDAL Centre
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Thu 6 May 2021
Theme for a Systematic Garden
The introductory song to The Ensonglopedia of Plants in which the challenges of sorting plants in a post-DNA world are discussed. We meet Andrew Murray, the Garden's first...
Collection: The Ensonglopedia of Plants
Institution: Botanic Garden
Created: Thu 8 Nov 2018