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MIT Program in
Writing and Humanistic Studies
MIT, Room 14E-303
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Telephone: 617-253-7894
FAX: 617-253-6910
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MIT Writers presents . .
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March 27, 2000 - 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
MIT Building E51-395, 2 Amherst Street,
Cambridge
free and open to the public
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Sahin Lecture Series,
Spring 2000
Scientific Celebrity:
Charles Darwin in Caricature
by
Dr. Janet Browne
Wellcome Institute for the
History of Medicine
London, England
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Fun - November 16, 1872
THAT TROUBLES OUR MONKEY AGAIN
Female descendant of Marine
Ascidian: -
"REALLY MR. DARWIN, SAY WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT
MAN:
BUT I WISH YOU WOULD LEAVE MY EMOTIONS
ALONE!"
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Dr. Janet Browne is the author of
Voyaging: A biography of Charles
Darwin. While writing the second volume
ofher Darwin biography, she also holds a position
as lecturer in the history of biology at the
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in
London, England. Her research interests include
history of biology, natural history and medical
botany.
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Sponsored by
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Department of
History
Telephone No: 617/253-4965
Program in Writing and
Humanistic Studies
Telephone No: 617/253-7894
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