Book Launch of Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man

Wed 13 May

Department of Zoology

James Costa and Elizabeth Yale will be giving a series of book launch lectures around the UK during May and will be speaking on Wednesday 13 May at 17.30-18.30 at the Department of Zoology, Main Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street. This event is free and open to all.

Speaker Biographies

James T. Costa is director of the Highlands Biological Station and professor of biology at Western Carolina University. His books include Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory and Wallace, Darwin, and the Origin of Species. Elizabeth E. Yale is associate professor in the Department of History and the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Sociable Knowledge: Natural History and the Nation in Early Modern Britain.

Cost: Free