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David Bellamy dies.
« on: December 11, 2019, 07:29:35 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2019, 07:44:52 PM »
Bless. I remember something controversial about him but not the details, think it was to do with an environmental issue about which he was passionate but his theories weren't quite right. Never mind about that, he was brilliant and a character. Botany is a beautiful science, pity there aren't more people who study it though I have read that Botany as a subject is having a renaissance (my uncle did Botany at Chelsea College of Science and Technology as it was before being incorporated into Kings, but not at same time as Bellamy who I believe was a mature student).

I'm glad he reached 86.
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Re: David Bellamy dies.
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2019, 08:02:47 PM »
It was his position on climate change that was controversial.
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2019, 09:03:24 PM »
I am acquainted with a relative of Davis Bellamy. She told me that he had been seriously affected by Alzheimer's during recent years.

He made a statement denying climate change which, he claimed, made him unwelcome as a science presenter.
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Re: David Bellamy dies.
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2019, 10:34:14 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on December 11, 2019, 08:02:47 PM
It was his position on climate change that was controversial.
Not controversial, just wrong.
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Re: David Bellamy dies.
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2019, 10:49:52 PM »
He made a statement denying climate change which, he claimed, made him unwelcome as a science presenter.

Oh yes, I do remember now. Agree with SH, not really controversial but wrong.
https://www.desmogblog.com/david-bellamy
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