DARWIN NOW……EXCELLENT EXHIBITION

When the world is facing with climate change. Population of the world is facing adaptation problems with climate change. Remembering the work of Darwin, the father of evolution is necessary, on his 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book ‘The Origin of Species’.The British Council has organized exhibition” DARWIN NOW”in Hyderabad.

Darwin theory, “the survival of the fittest”, Struggle for Existence” “Natural Selection” are important and played significant role in past, present and will play significant role in future also.

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published 24 November 1859, is a seminal work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title was changed to The Origin of Species. Darwin's book introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection, and presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose through a branching pattern of evolution and common descent. He included evidence that he had accumulated on the voyage of the Beagle in the 1830s, and his subsequent findings from research, correspondence, and experimentation.

This theory was updated in the twentieth century through the incorporation of Gregor Mendel's theory of inherited characteristics, now called genes. The combination of Darwin's theory of natural selection and Mendel's theory of genetics is called the modern synthesis. In the modern synthesis, "evolution" means a change in the frequency of an allele within a gene pool. This change may be caused by a number of different mechanisms: natural selection, genetic drift or changes in population structure (gene flow).

Darwin Now is a stunning exhibition created by the British Council to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book ‘On the Origin of Species’. The exhibition explores the origins of Darwin’s book origin of Species, outlines his central ideas and explains how those ideas are as important to us today as they were when they were first published.

The exhibition at Hyderabad was inaugurated by Smt Amala Akkineni, eminent film actress and founder Blue Cross, Sri Charles Walker, Director Programmes British Council.

The British Council, Hyderabad has done excellent job by organizing the exhibition in the heart of Hyderabad City Centre mall, Banjara Hills, so that people of all walks of life can visit the exhibition.

Don’t miss the Darwin Now exhibition from 25 September to 5, October 2009, at City Centre mall, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.