Humanist Community Forum (2010-02-07): Why Darwin Really Gave Up Christianity (Dr. John van Wyhe)

Dr. John van Wyhe will discuss the above topic. Dr. van Wyhe is a historian of science and Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Biology and History at the National University of Singapore. He is the founder and Director of Darwin Online (http://darwin-online.org.uk), a Bye-Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge (Darwin’s college), member of the British Society for the History of Science, and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. In 2008-2009 van Wyhe published four books on Darwin: Darwin’s shorter publications, Darwin’s notebooks from the voyage of the Beagle, Darwin in Cambridge, and an accessible biography: Darwin.