Taking Leave of Darwin Type post Date August 14, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionOrigin of Life Tagged , abiogenesis, Andrew McDiarmid, evolution, fiction, first cell, Frankenstein, Neil Thomas, re-animation, skeptics, Taking Leave of Darwin Taking Leave of Darwin’s Warm Little Pond Science and Culture August 14, 2021 Evolution, Origin of Life 1 Neil Thomas explores some of the cultural influences that primed society to view the leap from non-life to life as easily made. Read More ›
Frankenstein Type post Author Neil Thomas Date August 12, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionLife SciencesOrigin of Life Tagged , Aeschylus, Alexander Oparin, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, early Earth, Erasmus Darwin, Francis Crick, Frankenstein, Harold Urey, Hesiod, J.B.S. Haldane, James Watson, Joseph Hooker, Louis Pasteur, Mary Shelley, Miller-Urey experiment, Ovid, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus, re-animation, Richard Dawkins, Stanley Miller, Time Magazine, University of Chicago Myths, Monsters, and Life’s Elusive First Step Neil Thomas August 12, 2021 Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life 12 The notion that the building blocks of life were easily gotten may have seemed intuitive to journalists and others acquainted with Mary Shelley’s novel. Read More ›
