Talks
The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography
Paul Seaward on "The History of the Rebellion" by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
Old specimens, new tricks? The Cambridge University Herbarium: what a million dead plants can tell us about the world today
Thu 4 October 2018
David Attenborough Building
Lauren Gardiner, curator of the Herbarium, will talk about its collection of dried pressed plant specimens from around the world. These specimens can be used in all sorts of ways never dreamed of all those years ago – from unlocking the DNA relationships between plants across the globe, to measuring the impact of climate change, to discovering new medicinal compounds, and determining the extinction risk of threatened species. The first talk in the autumn programme of Cambridge Natural History Society.
Cost: Admission £3; CNHS members £1.50; students with ID 50p; ARU Wildlife Society and Cambridge University Nature Society members free.
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
No need to book.
Part of the Cambridge Natural History Society programme of talks for autumn 2018.
All welcome.
Website Email: events@cnhs.org.uk
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Venue
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