Competition winners 2 Nov 20112 Nov 2011 In case people did not notice my announcement in the comments of that post, the winners of a signed copy of my species history book are: Cameron Peters Doug G Elais Jackson Jesse Schaefer Lorax sbh Send me an email with your addresses. I will send the books as soon as I can locate the moving box that has them in. Administrative Species concept
Evolution Huxley on species 14 Sep 201114 Sep 2011 I bought a fine copy of the Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley in 3 volumes. On page 343f of volume I I find his thoughts on speciation, addressed to the Rev. Charles Kingsley (author of the Water Babies) on April 30, 1863. My dear Kingsley … With respect… Read More
Administrative Wilko on Wikio 18 Dec 2007 I received an email telling me I’m number 20 on the list of influential science blogs, according to Wikio, a European site that ranks according to links and readership, I gather. The irony of a philosopher being a high ranked science blogger is not lost upon me, I can tell… Read More
Administrative Something happened to the DNS again 24 Mar 2011 For some reason my DNS settings reverted to the old blog. I’m trying to wrestle with the settings to prevent that happening again. This blog should be pretty much as it now is for a while. Read More
I am glad to see my request to definitively not win has been honoured. Most kind, John. Most kind. Therefore I shall congratulate the winners and tell my 2 and a half year old son to ignore me and do the direct opposite of what I am asking him to do. Two successes in one day, achievable goals, achievable goals… 😉 Louis
Congratulations, winners! I guess I’ll have to resort to stalking John at conferences to get a copy of his book signed :).
I love the idea of a free book, congrats to the winners, and the signature is a bonus, but the burning question is, how much for just the signature, and what is your bank account information?
w00t!!11!! I just want to thank god (aka silverback and his virtual dice) for the win. Don’t know how I previously missed this post .