Lewis Dartnell

Prof. Lewis Dartnell is best known as one of the UK’s most popular science communicators with multiple bestselling books addressing topics as wide as the possibilities of life in the Universe to how humanity could rebuild civilisation after an extinction-level event. He came to #TDC23 to talk about the unseen ways that geology has impacted the course of humanity. From the peculariities of the equator in East Africa to the formation of the Mediterrean Ocean to coal deposits in the UK. You’ll be surprised to learn the Earth’s role in shaping humanity from our origins right through to present day.