Online ornithology 9 Sep 2009 One or another feed notification led me to this wonderful online course in ornithology by Gary Richison at Eastern Kentucky University. I just spent a nice 30 minutes reading just the first lecture. Fantastic. Go check it out. Biology Ecology and Biodiversity Evolution Science Species and systematics Systematics
Book First copy of the Species book! 7 Aug 2009 It arrived this afternoon. Looks great. This must mean they are about to start selling it, so go order! I’ll sign any copy that is presented to me, of course. Look at it: my dreams made real… Read More
Academe Why philosophers should publish in science journals 16 Feb 2011 Generally my papers cause a mild reaction – like a dose of poison ivy. But i just had a paper published in Zootaxa, a mild mannered systematics journal, and as well as a two week turnaround, unheard of in philosophy (my last big paper took a year and a half),… Read More
Evolution The value of the history of science 4 Aug 20084 Oct 2017 My Sciblings Bora, John, Brian and Benjamin have asked what the value of the history of science is to scientists. Below the fold is my apologia for writing a stonking great history of a scientific concept (species, in case the sidebar wasn’t enough hint), in which I defend the worth… Read More
I can’t be bothered to check it, but are black swans mentioned? If not, why are you interested in the course?