1. A Boy's Collection
4 Extra Debut. What fed Charles Darwin鈥檚 curiosity and wonder as a boy? Ruth Padel goes in search of her great-great-grandfather. From 2009.
Charles Darwin was a true Victorian explorer and one of the biggest names in science.
His great-great-granddaughter is Ruth Padel.
The writer and poet sets out on a deeply personal journey to investigate the qualities of her ancestor and the man behind the scientist.
Ruth explores how Darwin developed the sense of wonder and curiosity about nature which would be so crucial to his work.
She investigates how important his childhood collecting was to him and asks how his raw enthusiasm spilled over into scientific understanding of the world around him?
Among her interviewees are:
* Darwin's biographer, Janet Browne
* Geologist, Richard Fortey
* Writer and fellow Darwin descendant, Randal Keynes
* Darwin scholar, Gillian Beer
Producer: Emma Kingsley
First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in January 2009.
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