Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Rebecca Skloot brings Henrietta Lacks to the Colbert Nation
I'm still reading Skloot's fascinating account The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which I started reading during Black History Month, and will finish soon before Women's History Month ends.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Truth of Evolution
What a day to raise the spirit of an evolutionary biologist wondering how a conversation about Darwin's legacy ended up being mostly about religion last friday! First, we got that wonderfully trenchant letter from Prof. Gottelli telling the DI to put-up real scientific evidence or shut-up! Next, as I drive home after pausing to soak in the (alas all too rare) view (from the campus parking lot) of freshly-snow-clad Sierras in the late-afternoon sun, what do I find waiting for me on the front porch? A package with Jerry Coyne's "Why Evolution Is True
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