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Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion

Speaker:

Francisco J. Ayala

Time

Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Location

Sun Room/South Ballroom, Memorial Union

Francisco J. Ayala, an evolutionary biologist and geneticist at the University of California, Irvine, was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a winner of the National Medal of Science. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including, most recently, Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion and Darwin and Intelligent Design. He was a chief witness in the creationist trials in Arkansas in 1981 that prevented religion from being taught as science in the classroom.
Also:
A Conversation with Francisco Ayala:
Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 12 noon, Sun Room, Memorial Union


Darwin Bicenntenial Celebration Committee reception and poster session for faculty and student research in evolutionary biology will precede the talk at 7:00 p.m. in the South Ballroom.

Part of the National Affairs Series and the Darwin Bicentennial Celebration.