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DESCRIPTION:"Great is the power of steady misrepresentation\; but the histo
 ry of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure."\n--
  Charles Darwin\, Origin of Species\n\nIn celebration of Charles Darwin Da
 y 2019\, the Secular Society of MIT presents a special talk by Harvard Uni
 versity evolutionary biologist and science historian Andrew Berry. Dr Berr
 y's research combines the techniques of field biology with those of molecu
 lar biology to seek evidence at the DNA level of Darwinian natural selecti
 on. He has given lectures on evolutionary topics to popular audiences all 
 over the world – from Ankara to the Antarctic – occasionally drawing t
 he ire of creationists.\n\nAs an educator and popularizer\, he seeks to de
 mystify the most important and most misinterpreted of all biological ideas
 : evolution. He will be speaking about the double discovery of evolution b
 y natural selection by both Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace\, and what th
 is incident tells us about how science works.\n\nWHEN: Tuesday\, FEB/12\, 
 6pm\nWHERE: 2-190 (1st Floor\, 182 Memorial Drive\, https://whereis.mit.ed
 u/?go=2)\n\nFree entry. Darwin's birthday party with cake\, beverages\, an
 d themed games follows talk.\nThe event will be photographed and recorded.
 \n\nFacebook Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/329135307700708/\
 nMore about Darwin Day: http://darwinday.org\n\nFunded by the MIT Associat
 ion for Students Activities and the Greater Boston Humanists\n\nJoin us al
 so for a Darwin Day weekend nature excursion on Saturday NOV/16 in Alewife
  Brook Reservation: http://calendar.mit.edu/event/ssomit_darwin_day_2019_o
 ut\n\n------------------\nSign up for email event alerts at http://mailman
 .mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ssomit-announce\nFacebook: facebook.com/SecularS
 ocietyOfMIT\nTwitter: twitter.com/SecularMIT\nWebsite: ssomit.mit.edu\nEma
 il: ssomit@mit.edu
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SUMMARY:Darwin Day: Twice! Science and the Double Discovery of Evolution
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