Lord Robert May, What does the future hold?, Fri 10 July
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Cooperation among nations in a crowded world
Professor Lord Robert May (University of Oxford, UK) Summary: Arguably the central unsolved problem in evolutionary biology – from Darwin’s time to ours – is how cooperative behaviour appeared, and has been maintained, in complex human societies. But still-increasing numbers of humans, each with an increasing ecological footprint, create problems that must be addressed cooperatively. I will sketch some of the paradoxes inherent in this problem. |
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| Created: | 2009-10-15 16:50 |
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| Collection: | Darwin Festival 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | University of Cambridge, Darwin Festival 2009 |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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| Keywords: | Darwin; evolution; Lord; Robert; May; zoology; cooperative; behaviour; ecological; footprint; scientific; advisor; ecology; human; survival; environment; society; global; |
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| Abstract: | Biography: Robert M May OM, AC, FRS was President of the Royal Society 2000–2005, and Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government and Head of its Office of Science and Technology 1995–2000. An undergraduate chemical engineer, he has held a Personal Chair in Theoretical Physics at Sydney University, the Class of 1877 Chair in Zoology at Princeton, and a Royal Society Research Professorship at Oxford and Imperial College. A ‘systems biologist’ before the term became fashionable, Robert May’s research interests include ecology, evolution and infectious diseases. |
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