Biology

Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein’s Brain

When Jack Kerouac drove into “the great American night,” then poured its manic pace into On the Road, he created…

1 year ago

Leonardo da Vinci: A Life

Dr. Sherwin Nuland described his writing to Sara Ivry in an interview (October 21, 2005, Nextbook.org) in this way, “I…

2 years ago

Peter Duesberg on Why Robert Koch’s Postulates are Germane to Infectious Diseases

German physician and microbiologist, Robert Koch (1843–1910) is considered the founder of modern bacteriology. He identified the causative agents of…

2 years ago

Why Evolution is True

The theory of evolution by natural selection, first described in 1859 by Charles Darwin, has often been described as the…

2 years ago

What Kinds of Creatures are We?: Noam Chomsky on the Scope and Limits of Human Knowledge

British biologist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural…

4 years ago

Charles Darwin: Voyaging

Janet Browne has smartly applied her work of studying correspondence from Charles Darwin to her two-volume biography of Darwin’s life. And…

5 years ago

Mutation Versus Natural Selection: Masatoshi Nei Challenges Charles Darwin’s Evolution Theory

British naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) laid the foundations of evolutionary biology through the process of natural selection, which he outlined in two books, Origin…

7 years ago

Beyond A Bug’s Life: Peter J. Bowler on How Charles Darwin’s Theory "Evolved" Over Time

English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) laid the foundations of evolutionary biology through the process of natural selection, which he outlined in his…

7 years ago

Doubting Darwin: Jerry Fodor On What Darwin Got Wrong

British biologist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural…

11 years ago

Michael Ruse On Charles Darwin: Evolution Is No Monkey Business

British biologist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural…

14 years ago