This coming Sunday I will be giving a public lecture for the Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix. All are welcome, whether humanist or not. Details are:
Was There A Darwinian Revolution?
HomeTown Buffet, 1312 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale
February 10th, 2008 9:00 am
[There is breakfast at 9, the talk will begin at 10]
As usual, I will probably post the slides here after the talk.
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Interesting topic. Apart from slides, do you also have something written about this?
The topic is something I riff on at the end of my "The Darwinian Revolution" course, but apart from slides I don't have any written text. I haven't written a talk in aeons. It's all up here *taps head*
OK, I'll check the slides later. Thanks
Yes, please do post the slides - I am the Darwin200 science coordinator for the Natural History Museum in London and I would love to hear your riff on the "Darwinian Revoluion"... not least to better educate myself.