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Who Gets Credit, Who Takes Credit, for Changing the World?


Did Darwin steal from Wallace? Attributing glory can be a tricky business TERNATE, Indonesia Who gets credit, and who takes credit, for changing the world? July 1, 1858 was a modest news day in mid-19th century London. Thirty-nine year old Queen Victoria went horseback riding, Madame Tussaud announced a wax image of United States President James Buchanan, and the steamship North Star arrived from New York in eleven days and six hours, a...

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Exploring Your Personal Odyssey


A creative writing workshop that helps people tell their personal stories ___ Monday October 11, 2010.  08.30-17.00 Sponsored by Neilson Hays Library  Read More »

An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles


An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles Lecture on Alfred Russel Wallace __ Friday July 16, 2010  18.00-19.00 National University Singapore Sponsored by National Parks Board-Singapore http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/talks/20100716-wallacetalk.txt ___ Charles...

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Almost Famous


Almost Famous A master class in creative non-fiction ________ Sponsored by Neilson Hays Library, Bangkok, Thailand Thursday June 7, 2010.  08.30-17.00 neilson.library@gmail.com  Tel: +66...

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