Biological Sciences 308 - Darwin
Spring
2013
01
4.00
Stan Rachootin
TTH 10:00AM-11:15AM;F 10:00AM-10:50AM
Mount Holyoke College
82898
Clapp Laboratory 126;Clapp Laboratory 126
srachoot@mtholyoke.edu
82898,83193
This course looks at the scientific content and intellectual context of Darwin's theory of evolution - his facts, metaphors, hypotheses, and philosophical assumptions. Readings from Darwin and his sources, and examination of the organisms he studied. A background in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century history or whole organism biology is recommended.
Prereq: Biol-226 or 12 credits from History