Jim Moore: Darwin and me
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The roots of the story
David Attenborough takes a passionate, personal journey through Charles Darwin & The Tree Of Life.
Men and apes; cat amongst pigeons
Andrew Marr rides the whirlwinds unleashed by Darwin's Dangerous Idea.
The man and the '-ism'
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth - and considering his work: Darwin and evolution.
The evolution of slavery
Explore the history of slavery - and its present forms. What were the consequences? And who made the profits?
Talking to Open2, Jim Moore explains how Charles Darwin changed our whole way of thinking - and makes a surprising revelation concerning one of the motivations for Darwin's work.
Jim Moore has written and researched widely on Darwin and his age, with his works including The Post-Darwinian Controversies and The Darwin Legend. He has degrees in science, divinity and history, and a PhD from Manchester University for his work on Victorian evolution and religion. Having taught at Cambridge, Harvard, Notre Dame and McMaster Universities, he is Professor of the History of Science in The Open University.
The flow from the theory
Having shaken the way the world saw itself, Jim Moore asks if things could ever be the same after Darwin.
The motivation
Darwin's passionate opposition to slavery motivated his scientific research, explains Jim Moore in Darwin's Sacred Cause.
Studying Darwin
A strange choice, perhaps, for a man of his upbringing: Jim Moore reveald why I studied Darwin.
Content last updated: 19/01/2009
