St Andrews celebrates Darwin's 200th birthday with a series of talks related to Darwin by St Andrews faculty.
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Darwin's birthday dawns in the snow |
I walk through the neighborhood past the brook over which the bridge of Kettlebridge spans |
And wait at the bus stop |
To take the bus to St Andrews |
St Andrews in the snow |
The Holm Oak in St Mary's Quad |
Another view of the snowy quad |
And Dyers Brae in the snow |
A snowy view from my office windo |
Darwin Day begins with an introduction by Valentina |
Peter gives the first talk on Darwin's connections to Scotland |
We have biology talks |
Signs for the talks and the display in the Bell Pettigrew Museum |
Coffee breaks are held in the Museum where we see (scans of) Darwin's specimens collected on the Beagle |
An exhibition about Darwin in Scotland |
And posters created by second year students |
Daniel introduces the next talks where Mike tells us about current ideas "On the Origin of Species" |
And we have more biology talks |
At lunch I find a robin has taken shelter from the snow in my birdfeeder |
Peter introduces a psychology talk |
And Jeff is wearing his Darwin's tree shirt |
The day ends with a historical talk tracing the fate of the Beagle |
Amy closes the event |
And then Jeff thanks the postgrads who organised everything |
On the way home I pass a snowman |