Darwin Curator Speaks with Scientific American

Posted in Darwin's Garden, Exhibitions, NYBG in the News on May 12 2008, by Plant Talk

Scientific American’s Science Talk recently posted its latest episode online. The downloadable podcast recorded on April 23 features Dr. David Kohn, curator of the current exhibit in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library and nationally recognized Darwin scholar. Surrounded by original Darwin publications in the Library’s Rare Book Room, Dr. Kohn talks about the role of plants in Darwin’s early life and how his views on botany were integral in his understanding of evolutionary processes.

Dr. David Kohn is editor of the Darwin Digital Library of Evolution, based at the American Museum of Natural History.

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