Year: 2020
Patterns of Design in Human Life
Dr. Simmons sees clues of design in the processes of reproduction, in development, and in the many complex events in the lungs and vascular system that make childbirth possible.
Forty Parameters of the Designed Body
Listen in as Steve Laufmann reflects on the body’s fight against equilibrium, the Goldilocks principle, and more!
Himmelfarb and Her Haters
What can be said of Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution in the dusk of 2009, fifty year after its original publication? Is it a terrible book?
Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb, Brutally Honest Historian of the “Darwinian Revolution”
Written in 1959, her monumental book, Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution, continues to tower over Whiggish studies on the subject.
For Your Post-Holiday Enjoyment, Healthy ID Snacks
Among other design inspirations, the “ultimate non-stick coating” developed at McMaster University is based on the lotus leaf.