Month: February 2013
An Occasion to Recall Philip Skell’s Classic Deconstruction Job on Darwinian Overenthusiasm
An astronomer claims: “For biology, Darwin is the founder in much the same way Newton or Galileo was for physics.” Who are you going to believe?
Nature Reviews Berlinski on Euclid
A “pared and elegant homage to the peerless geometer and his magnum opus.”
A Theory of Everything Is Not
Stephen Hawking may boast that scientists are approaching a “theory of everything,” but at best, it will only be a theory about something.
Molecular Machines on the Move
As scientists focus on the intricacies of molecular machines, they seem to find it less fruitful to talk about Darwin.
And Now Some Good News About the News
Two cheers for the Associated Press and reporter Ivan Moreno!