NCSE Evolution and Climate Education Update for 2015/06/26
Submitted by Peter Burns on Fri, 2015-06-26 13:48.
National Center for Science Education
(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)
Dear friends of NCSE, A preview of Niles Eldredge's latest book, Eternal Ephemera.
A PEEK AT ETERNAL EPHEMERA NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview of Niles Eldredge's Eternal Ephemera: Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond (Columbia University Press, 2015). The preview consists of the introduction, in which Eldredge explains "my entire narrative is about the development of a natural causal explanation for the origin of the species of the modern fauna and the addition of the phenomenon of adaptation generated by natural selection." A member of NCSE's Advisory Council and a recipient of NCSE's Friend of Darwin award in 2011, Eldredge is a paleontologist formerly on the curatorial staff of the American Museum of Natural History. He is the author of many books, including The Triumph of Evolution: And the Failure of Creationism (W. H. Freeman, 2000), Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life (W. W. Norton, 2005), and Extinction and Evolution (Firefly, 2014), and was a founding coeditor of the journal Evolution: Education and Outreach. For the preview of Eternal Ephemera (PDF), visit: http://ncse.com/book-excerpt For information about the book from its publisher, visit: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/eternal-ephemera/9780231153164 And for NCSE's story about Eldredge's Friend of Darwin award, visit: http://ncse.com/news/2011/03/friend-darwin-award-niles-eldredge-006559 WHAT'S NEW FROM THE SCIENCE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Have you been visiting NCSE's blog, The Science League of America, recently? If not, then you've missed: * Minda Berbeco interviewing Stephen H. Jenkins about his book Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology: http://ncse.com/blog/2015/06/tools-critical-thinking-biology-0016453 * Josh Rosenau pondering the land ethic in the papal encyclical Laudato si': http://ncse.com/blog/2015/06/pope-francis-s-land-ethic-part-1-0016446 http://ncse.com/blog/2015/06/pope-francis-s-land-ethic-part-2-0016447 http://ncse.com/blog/2015/06/pope-francis-s-land-ethic-part-3-0016448 * Ann Reid explaining NCSE's endorsement of "Innovation: An American Imperative": http://ncse.com/blog/2015/06/ncse-endorses-call-to-action-innovation-american-imperative-0016451 And much more besides! For The Science League of America, visit: http://ncse.com/blog Thanks for reading. And don't forget to visit NCSE's website -- http://ncse.com -- where you can always find the latest news on evolution and climate education and threats to them. -- Sincerely, Glenn Branch Deputy Director National Center for Science Education, Inc. 420 40th Street, Suite 2 Oakland, CA 94609-2509 510-601-7203 x303 fax: 510-601-7204 800-290-6006 branch@ncse.com http://ncse.com Check out NCSE's new blog, Science League of America: http://ncse.com/blog Read Reports of the NCSE on-line: http://reports.ncse.com Subscribe to NCSE's free weekly e-newsletter: http://groups.google.com/group/ncse-news NCSE is on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd http://twitter.com/ncse NCSE's work is supported by its members. Join today! http://ncse.com/join
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