John M. Lynch is an Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett the Honors College at Arizona State University. He's also affiliated with ASU's Center for Biology & Society. When he's not an historian of anti-evolutionism, he's an evolutionary morphologist. Much to his surprise, in 2007 he was named the Arizona Professor of the Year. No doubt his students were surprised as well.
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Category: The Life Academic
Posted on: August 21, 2008 12:39 PM, by John Lynch
Yesterday marked the start of the Fall semester here, and by marked I mean saw the circle of hell that is a seven hour faculty retreat. Saturday morning brings the Fall Assembly for honors students and teaching then begins on Monday.
Two classes this semester - my regular honors seminar and a (new for me) course on the history of science since 1700.
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Having just been re-appointed to the faculty of the college as a visiting prof this year after being off the faculty for 17 years following a 20-year stint as a full-time faculty member, I got to go to new faculty orientation this week. It was great fun, but some of the new assistant profs look like freshmen!
Posted by: RBH | August 21, 2008 6:49 PM
That history of science class sounds awesome, I wish you had taught it when I was there! What in particular are you expecting to cover?
Posted by: Nalin | August 21, 2008 7:17 PM
History of Science since 1700
Wot! No 19th century physics?
Posted by: Thony C. | August 22, 2008 10:06 AM
@ Thony
Oh, it will be there, just threaded through some of the other topics.
Posted by: John Lynch | August 23, 2008 12:29 AM
Oh, it will be there, just threaded through some of the other topics.
It's not listed in your list of themes or topics!
The change from force to field in the 19th century is one of the most important developments in post Newtonian science!
Posted by: Thony C. | August 23, 2008 7:34 AM