Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species

Speaker: 
Sean Carroll
 
10 Feb 2010
 
8:00 PM
 
Great Hall, Memorial Union

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Sean Carroll, a professor of molecular biology and genetics and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin, is known for his ability to popularize molecular genetics and their explanation for the process of evolution. He is the author of four books, including Remarkable Creatures and The Making of the Fittest, as well as coauthor of two scientific textbooks. Major discoveries from his laboratory have been featured in such publications as TIME and U.S. News & World Report, he has been featured on such programs as NPR's Science Friday, and he recently helped produce a PBS NOVA special marking the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's publication of Origin of Species. He earned his B.A. in biology at Washington University in St. Louis and his Ph.D. in immunology at Tufts Medical School. Part of the National Affairs Series.

This lecture is available as an Iowa Public Television Intelligent Talk broadcast: [url=http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/6906/ittv_20100207_178]Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species (#178)[/url]

This lecture was taped and broadcast as part of Iowa Public Television's Intelligent Talk Television. Watch it online: [url=http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/15841/intelligent_talk_television/ep:178/episodes]click here.[/url] Intelligent Talk Television showcases recent lectures given by guest speakers at colleges, universities, and libraries across Iowa. The collaborative effort between IPTV and participating institutions provides top-notch programs featuring experts on topics ranging from politics to science to economics for broadcast on IPTV's digital channels and streaming on the ITTV website. ---- This lecture was made possible in part by the generosity of F. Wendell Miller, who left his entire estate jointly to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. Mr. Miller, who died in 1995 at age 97, was born in Altoona, Illinois, grew up in Rockwell City, graduated from Grinnell College and Harvard Law School and practiced law in Des Moines and Chicago before returning to Rockwell City to manage his family's farm holdings and to practice law. His will helped to establish the F. Wendell Miller Trust, the annual earnings on which, in part, helped to support this activity.