
This morning I woke up and thought to myself, “I think I’ll go on a rant.” So, here I am, giddy with excitement at my goal of belying a too oft asserted position that the scientific mind eliminates the wonder and beauty of the world: a particular of the age-old classical versus romantic brawl. I [...]

What Makes Biology Unique?: Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Disciplineis the first book I have read on the topics of either the philosophy of biology or the history of biology, and as it turns out I could not have chosen a better introduction. Ernst Mayr, recently deceased Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and [...]