Ooh, cool! 23 Apr 2009 “Few topics have engaged biologists and philosophers more than the concept of species, and arguably no idea is more important for evolutionary science. John S. Wilkins’ book combines meticulous historical and philosophical analysis and thus provides new insights on the development of this most enduring of subjects.”—Joel Cracraft, American Museum of Natural History “This is not the potted history that one usually finds in texts and review articles. It is a fresh look at the history of a field central to biology, but one whose centrality has changed in scope over the centuries. Wilkins’ book will be a standard source for all kinds of people working in systematics. There is not another book on the subject, amazingly enough, and his perspective is so comprehensive and well-taught that it will replace any standard review articles and older histories.”—Kevin Padian, University of California, Berkeley From here… due 9 August! Administrative Book Species and systematics
Ecology and Biodiversity A new online philosophy of biology journal 8 May 2009 It’s called Philosophy and Theory in Biology. This is based on some heavy hitters: Massimo Pigliucci, Jon Kaplan, Alan Love and Joan Roughgarden are the editors, and the editorial board looks like a Who’s Who of philosophy of biology. No apparent page charges, and it’s online only (I hope they… Read More
Evolution A blog recommendation 7 Mar 2009 Archetype is a blog on stuff I like, including taxonomy and entomology. It’s by Roberto Keller, a graduate of AMNH and Cornell. Go check it out. Some nice stuff on homologies in insects. Read More
Administrative Off to talk religion and evolution 18 Sep 2008 Okay, so in the AM I am off to drizzly Melbourne, my old home town, to address a conference on the implications of the project of naturalising religion, especially in terms of evolution, to an audience that may, or may not be religious. So if you never hear from me… Read More
I look forward to getting it and hopefully having a book that talks about the species concepts and I don’t want to use it to start fires…
Wow! Cracking reviews! Hopefully, this is where all that hard work and sacrifice finally pays off. What next? A TV series along the lines of The Ascent Of Man?
Wow! Cracking reviews! Hopefully, this is where all that hard work and sacrifice finally pays off. What next? A TV series along the lines of The Ascent Of Man?
Am really looking forward to this book. I don’t know if this is normal behaviour, but back as an undergrad my mate and I used to spend hours at the pub debating species concepts.. Of course, beer always won.
Am really looking forward to this book. I don’t know if this is normal behaviour, but back as an undergrad my mate and I used to spend hours at the pub debating species concepts.. Of course, beer always won.
Looking great! Of course, the world being like it is, maybe there are people who only want the potted history and are adamantly opposed to new insights; now they’ll all avoid reading you….
How much do you have to pay for a review like that? Posted by: Susan Silberstein | April 24, 2009 5:25 PM John, you have a collection of mean, sneaky, vindictive, iniquitous and despicable commentators on your blog and I am really pissed off with Ms Silberstein for having got there first! I wanted to say that ;(
Congrats! A positive selection indeed, with excellent reviews (now I know why I never read any fashionable critiques of the NCSE here).
Congratulations John! Have a deep fried Sardine and a really strong Portuguese espresso from me. Having seen you pour your heart and soul into that book, doggedly pursing it in the face of adversity, I can say that review is well earned. Congratulations again!
Congratulations John! Have a deep fried Sardine and a really strong Portuguese espresso from me. Having seen you pour your heart and soul into that book, doggedly pursing it in the face of adversity, I can say that review is well earned. Congratulations again!
Congratulations John! Have a deep fried Sardine and a really strong Portuguese espresso from me. Having seen you pour your heart and soul into that book, doggedly pursing it in the face of adversity, I can say that review is well earned. Congratulations again!