Briefly 16 Feb 2009 I finally have internet – only took Primus three weeks to install and get working my internet and phone – and that was with an existing account and line! Tonight I went to the opening of a Thomas Henry Huxley exhibit at the Macleay Museum, and Michael Ruse gave an excellent talk on Tom and his Sydney connection (his wife Nettie came from Sydney and THH himself spent a fair bit of time here and up north on the HMS Rattlesnake). Then a nice Thai dinner and talk, although (you may be surprised to learn) I spent a lot of time just listening. Ruse and Paul Griffiths at the same table made for entertaining discussion. Then I stayed up to watch the latest Dexter and so to bed… Evolution History
Book Three book reviews 31 Aug 2009 Andre Pichot’s version of the “Darwin caused Hitler” mythography is critiqued in the THES by Simon Underdown. Rohan Maitzen at The Valve has a haunting review of Daniel Mendelsohn’s The Lost, coincidentally. And Will Thomas has some things to say about Lorraine Gaston and Peter Gallison’s Objectivity at Ether Wave… Read More
Biology Species: The evolution of the idea 12 Oct 2017 My revised book is now titled Species: The evolution of the idea, and now contains a philosophy section as well as a complete list of species concept[ion]s and an appendix of all taxonomic levels I could locate. It is due out in February 2018 from CRC Press. I have done a… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Intelligent designoids are unsure about me 27 Jan 2011 Normally I wouldn’t link to these guys, but I’m having a kind of odd week with the ID crowd. On the one hand the ever reliable Casey Luskin has declared I am condescending for suggesting we teach science free of religious overtones to young children (but Kelly Smith is more… Read More
They weren’t when I signed a two year contract in Brisbane. I have to say I won’t be signing another one. Colin, I have no idea. I am trying to track this down, but nothing seems to work.
Now, I make the connection. “Primus” is not a band that wrote a bad lyric, but instead a telecom/provider.
This apparently was posted at 11pm on Feb 16th, which it probably was, you being in Sydney and all, but it’s messing up the RSS feed,because it’s not getting that you are in Sydney and I’m in Ottawa, Canada. I think you aren’t indicating timezone correctly or something?