The Quantum Leap
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Quantum Leap by Philip Halling as part of the Geograph project.
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The Quantum Leap
Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 24 Jul 2018
The Quantum Leap sculpture was unveiled on 8 October 2009 by Randal Keynes, a great-great-grandson of Darwin. It was created to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, who was born in Shrewsbury in 1809. It was the design of architectural firm Pearce & Lal. The sculpture is 12 metres (40 ft.) high, 17.5 metres (57 ft.) long, and weighs more than 113 tonnes.
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