Darwin Festival 09.07.21 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Ruth Padel

07/21/09 • 12 min

- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked Scientists

Poet and Darwin-descendent Ruth Padel talks about how the history books led her to write "Darwin, a life in poems", an anthology of fifteen poems charting the major events of Darwin's life.

Poet and Darwin-descendent Ruth Padel talks about how the history books led her to write "Darwin, a life in poems", an anthology of fifteen poems charting the major events of Darwin's life.

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