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Darwin Day redux and link to Massimo Pigliucci interview

By neurotopia on February 21, 2008.

They put on a fantastic Darwin Day celebration in Iowa City. Excellent camaraderie, good times good people good beer and whatnot, and the turnout for all the events was exceptional.

Massimo Pigliucci gave a nice interview for the local NPR station which you can find here.

Darwin Day with evolutionary biologist

Massimo Pigliucci

In an event co-sponsored the University of Iowa Department of Biological Sciences to celebrate Darwin Day in Iowa City featuring renowned evolutionary biologist, philosopher, and professor at SUNY Stonybrook, Dr Massimo Pigliucci. His book Denying Evolution has been praised for its clear and wise advocacy of the Darwinian view of life.

Just scroll down to the archives. The direct link is here. Massimo's a really great, good-natured guy, and if you get a chance you should check out his blog.

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