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7 audio discs (approximately 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
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Lecture 1. Darwin's revolutionary idea -- Lecture 2. Consensus and controversy -- Lecture 3. Doing science -- Lecture 4. Chance and necessity -- Lecture 5. The origin of 'The Origin' -- Lecture 6. The Darwinian manifesto : natural selection -- Lecture 7. The Darwinian manifesto : descent with modification -- Lecture 8. Mendel's dangerous idea -- Lecture 9. Equilibrium violated : the Hardy-Weinberg Law -- Lecture 10. Fisher, Haldane, and Wright -- Lecture 11. Natural selection and speciation -- Lecture 12. Disturbing implications -- Lecture 13. Disastrous digressions -- Lecture 14. A temporary unity
MacNeill examines the biological component of why people do the things they do, from Charles Darwin's and Gregor Mendel's "dangerous ideas" to contemporary thought leaders and the forming of the modern synthesis of this vital field of study
CD-ROM (disc 8) contains course guide (104 p. : ill., maps ) as PDF
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Lecturer: Allen D. MacNeill, Cornell University
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