Month: July 2011
The Glory Beyond: David Berlinski’s Elementary Mathematics
Berlinski’s new book, One, Two, Three: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics, is a beautiful, brief, and very funny introduction to the history and philosophy behind basic math.
Stephen Meyer on Michael Behe’s Irreducible Complexity and the Bacterial Flagellum
William Dembski vs. Princeton Biologist Lee Silver
Princeton biologist Lee Silver, whose ideas on eugenics were promoted by Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik, debated intelligent design with Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and mathematician William Dembski at Princeton in 2005:
How Butterfly Wings Display Brilliant Colors
Ever wonder how butterflies flash brilliant colors from their wings? It’s not done with pigment. Instead, butterflies use a trick of light that sounds like something out of Star Trek: “photonic crystals.”
The Professor and the Madman
Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik may be a madman, but his ideas for eugenics come from an Ivy League evolutionary biologist, Lee Silver.