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Darwin's Dream. This month sees the world premiere of Darwin's Dream, a sci-art opera based on the life of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. Quentin Cooper talks to Stephen Webster , the zoologist and lecturer in science communication at Imperial College who has written the libretto for the opera. Darwin's Dream promises to cover ground from the Big Bang to the present day, and draws on images from both the natural world and from Darwin's own world. Producer Colin Grant

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Charles Darwin
Talks:
Quentin Cooper
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Stephen Webster
Producer:
Colin Grant
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