Biological Sciences 308 - Darwin
Spring
2018
01
4.00
Stan Rachootin
MW 08:35AM-09:50AM;F 09:00AM-09:50AM
Mount Holyoke College
102456
Clapp Laboratory 126;Clapp Laboratory 126
srachoot@mtholyoke.edu
102456,102529
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 HIST-248.