History Render Caesar 14 May 200818 Sep 2017 In a famous skit, Wayne and Schuster had Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife, saying “Julie, don’t go! It’s the Ides of March!” Now we can see why Julie went. He was old, and worried… This is a bust of Julius Caesar in his “old age” (old age be damned. He looks younger… Read More
Book My species definitions reader is accepted for publication 15 Aug 2007 I have a book forthcoming, Species definitions: a sourcebook from antiquity to today, which gives and commentates definitions of “species” in logic and biology for 2,500 years, from Plato to Templeton and beyond. It’s designed as a reader for scholars to see how the notion[s] have evolved separately in the… Read More
Evolution Myths about Darwin 10 Feb 200918 Sep 2017 We are going to hear a lot about Darwin this year, especially this month for his birthday (happy 200th, Chas. You don’t look a day over 150) and in November for the sesquicentenary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. And you will hear or read repetitions of… Read More