Берегой Наталья Евгеньевна
Санкт-Петербургский филиал Института истории естествознания и техники им. С.И. Вавилова РАН, Санкт-Петербург, Россия
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«Darwiniana» in Finland
Natalia E. Beregoy
St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of the History of Science and Technology named after S.I. Vavilov RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia
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The year 2009 in Finland began with several scientifi c events devoted to the anniversary of Charles Darwin and his famous book “The Origin of Species”. Firstly, in January 7th –11th the University of Helsinki held so called Scientifi c Days, which are held every second year, and this time they were devoted to Darwin and had a common theme “Evolution”. On February 12th the Academy of Finland held a seminar in Helsinki which was attended by many Finnish academicians and scholars. The other seminar was held on March 25th in the University of Jyvaskyla with the support of the Institute of biological and environmental sciences and the universities of Helsinki and Turku, it was bilingual, and had sessions in Finnish and English. Besides these events in the academic community, the anniversary of harles Darwin was announced and discussed in many programs on the TV and radio.