Couple of popular articles of mine 7 Dec 200718 Sep 2017 Anyone who has access to COSMOS magazine, published in Australia, will be able to find an article of mine on what good philosophers of science are for science. If you have a copy, scan it and send it to me, will you? I haven’t seen it yet. Also, I have submitted a piece to Auckland Museum magazine MQ entitled “Buffon: An evolutionary thinker?”. Kiwis should rush to the stands immediately. I have to say that I value opportunities to write for non-academics (or else, why would I blog?). Suffice it to say that I think that philosophers are to science as ornithologists are to birds. We study, try to understand, and occasionally help with conservation. This started life as a three part series on this blog, although it got substantially edited, of course. [Parts one, two, and three]. And no, Buffon was not exactly an evolutionary thinker (this came out of my PhD). Administrative History
Administrative Travel Diary 6 13 Oct 2009 Today I had a lovely time visiting Oxford University Press in the company of net-friend Mike Lyle and several of his philology friends. I checked that the OED has the right definitions of species (it’s not bad; I’ll send them a correction later), and then we went to a bookshop… Read More
Evolution Myth 3: Darwin was a Lamarckian 16 Feb 2009 Myth 3: Darwin was actually a Lamarckian This one is subtle. It implies that Darwin, because he lacked a Mendelian account of heredity, was not actually a “true” (or Neo-)Darwinian. The error depends on the extent of what is named as a school of thought in science and why. Read More
Administrative American Chemical Society: Spammers 13 Jul 201115 Jul 2011 The ACS have informed me (see comments) that they will stop sending me these emails. This obviates the need for this post. Ever since I set up this blog I have been hit by unwanted press releases from the American Chemical Society. I spend too much time throwing their releases… Read More
Mr Wilikins Sir, Even though I never read it (never at home) I do subscribe to Cosmos (as of today actually because of your recomemndation). Where can one find your erudite article? I looked in “Australia’s top 10 young scientists” but couldn’t find you :o)
Mr Wilikins Sir, Even though I never read it (never at home) I do subscribe to Cosmos (as of today actually because of your recomemndation). Where can one find your erudite article? I looked in “Australia’s top 10 young scientists” but couldn’t find you :o)
Mr Wilikins Sir, Even though I never read it (never at home) I do subscribe to Cosmos (as of today actually because of your recomemndation). Where can one find your erudite article? I looked in “Australia’s top 10 young scientists” but couldn’t find you :o)
Mr Wilikins Sir, Even though I never read it (never at home) I do subscribe to Cosmos (as of today actually because of your recomemndation). Where can one find your erudite article? I looked in “Australia’s top 10 young scientists” but couldn’t find you :o)
Mr Wilikins Sir, Even though I never read it (never at home) I do subscribe to Cosmos (as of today actually because of your recomemndation). Where can one find your erudite article? I looked in “Australia’s top 10 young scientists” but couldn’t find you :o)
As normal, you are correct. Oh I hate COSMOS, can’t even download old articles :o( pre-14. Then again, I am an internet luddite (interlude :O)) so that may just be me. Whatever you rit I agree 137%
As normal, you are correct. Oh I hate COSMOS, can’t even download old articles :o( pre-14. Then again, I am an internet luddite (interlude :O)) so that may just be me. Whatever you rit I agree 137%
As normal, you are correct. Oh I hate COSMOS, can’t even download old articles :o( pre-14. Then again, I am an internet luddite (interlude :O)) so that may just be me. Whatever you rit I agree 137%
As normal, you are correct. Oh I hate COSMOS, can’t even download old articles :o( pre-14. Then again, I am an internet luddite (interlude :O)) so that may just be me. Whatever you rit I agree 137%
As normal, you are correct. Oh I hate COSMOS, can’t even download old articles :o( pre-14. Then again, I am an internet luddite (interlude :O)) so that may just be me. Whatever you rit I agree 137%