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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.
April 30, 2009
Category: In Their Own Words
Earlier this month we celebrated Paul Nelson Day. Today is yet another ID-related (and as it happens, also Paul Nelson related) anniversary. Four years ago, I posted a piece (reprinted a year and a half later here) on Nelson's forthcoming...
Posted by John Lynch at 3:14 AM • 4 Comments •
April 29, 2009
Category: Biology
Mark posted this on Facebook, but is is so wonderful I need to pass it along:...
Posted by John Lynch at 11:02 PM • 6 Comments •
April 27, 2009
Category: Human Evolution
My colleague and friend Kaye Reed has a nice remembrance of Charlie Lockwood in the current issue of Evolutionary Anthropology. I had reason to mention Charlie during my "Last Lecture" and will admit to getting a little choked-up. The...
Posted by John Lynch at 1:37 PM • •
April 24, 2009
Category: Anti-evolution
In the past I have argued that historians of science probably need to get more involved with the fight for good science education. Michael Barton has brought my attention to historian Abigail Lustig giving testimony before the Texas Board...
Posted by John Lynch at 11:53 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: The Life Academic
Last night I was honored to be the first of three faculty members to take part in the 14th annual Last Lecture series here at ASU. The other two talks are next week. In the interests of completeness, I'm...
Posted by John Lynch at 11:37 PM • 3 Comments •
Ocelot, Leopardus pardalis L. (source)...
Posted by John Lynch at 4:43 AM • 1 Comments •
April 23, 2009
PZ gets it right regarding the Huffington Post: It's the People magazine of the lefty blogosphere. Why anyone pay's attention while Jim Carrey spouts on about autism, I don't know....
Posted by John Lynch at 3:32 AM • 2 Comments •
OK, quick question! As regular reader will know, I have migrated to a Mac. I have tons of presentations in Powerpoint which, while written on a PC, open seamlessly on the new machine. However, when I open them in Keynote,...
Posted by John Lynch at 12:33 AM • 13 Comments •
April 21, 2009
Category: The Life Academic
On Thursday I will give a "Last Lecture" at ASU. I'm one of three faculty chosen by students to deliver a talk as if it were our last ever. Here is a news story about the event and below is...
Posted by John Lynch at 12:08 AM • 2 Comments •
April 20, 2009
Category: History and Philosophy (often of Science)
My recent talk at the Sam Nobel Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is now available online on iTunes as a podcast. Here is the link to SNOMNH's podcast feed. So settle down with a fine beverage and watch me for...
Posted by John Lynch at 9:30 PM • •
