[NHC List] "Darwin's Gifts": _The Lancet_ | Special Issue

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

Colleagues/

 

Today's Surprise Discovery: _Darwin's Gifts_ | Special Issue | The
Lancet 

 

To commemorate in 2009 the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and 150
years since publication of On the Origin of Species, the 2008 Special
Issue of The Lancet is dedicated to Darwin's life and work and the
enduring legacy of his theory of evolution. Darwin's Gifts features a
collection of 17 essays covering a range of subjects from 21st century
eugenics to the representation of evolution in art. Listen to audio
<http://multimedia.thelancet.com/audio/special_issue2008.mp3>  of Jane
Godsland summarising the Special Issue. (mp3, 7:05 mins, 6.49 MB)

 

CONTENTS

 

Foreword

Darwinism's fantastic voyage

The Origin of Species

Art and evolution

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Charles Darwin found little use for art. In his introduction to The
Expression of the Emotions in Men and Animals, he recorded his
disappointment. "I had hoped to derive much aid from the great masters
in painting and sculpture, who are such close observers. Accordingly I
have looked at photographs and engravings of many well-known works; but,
with a few exceptions, have not thus profited." And it may seem that
artists have returned the compliment, finding little use for Darwin. 

Evolution: medicine's most basic science

The evolution of fruit-fly biology

Socioeconomic inequalities in ageing and health

Forebears and heirs: a sketch

Synthetic biology

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It's intelligent design, but not as we know it. Scientist and
entrepreneur Craig Venter's latest mission to design, synthesise, and
activate entirely novel genomes could change the face of medicine. More
than that, it will rewrite our thinking on the origin of species. 

Darwin's charm

Bold flights of a speculative mind

Darwin and the philosophers

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Unlike most of today's scientists, Charles Darwin's fame is based on
books. In a series of extraordinary volumes-The Voyage of the Beagle
(1839), On the Origin of Species (1859), The Descent of Man (1871), and
The Expression of the Emotions in Men and Animals (1872)-Darwin reported
his observations, explained his ideas, and amplified his thinking in
ways well beyond the contemporary expectations of science. His books
were neither summaries nor simplifications: they were the core of his
originality. 

Race, genetics, and medicine at a crossroads

Epigenetics in evolution and disease

Antibiotic resistance: adaptive evolution

21st century eugenics?

Contributors

Illustrations

Images

Index

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/Gerry 

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

 

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