Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard C Lewontin

In 1979 Stephen Jay Gould and genetecist Richard C. Lewontin presented the paper “The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme”.  What do spandrels have to do with evolution and biology?  Sometimes, things are there simply because they are.   Evolution Talk is also a book! You can find links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others on the front page of EvolutionTalk.com, or call your local bookstore and ask them to order a copy. For show notes and more, please visit https://EvolutionTalk.com

Hear about the life and work of Richard C. Lewontin, a Harvard evolutionary-biologist who passed away in July, 2021. A self-described Marxist, Dr. Lewontin 'inspired new thinking on the relationship between science, politics and society'. Hear his views on 'sociobiology' and 'adaptationism'. Also, what cosmic visions are in the night sky this month? Learn what stars, planets, constellations (and more) we can see in September, 2021. Bench Talk is a weekly program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am. Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BenchTalkRadio/posts/?ref=page_internal

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Professor Richard C. Lewontin of Harvard University delivers a lecture on the topic of The Co-evolution of Organisms and the Environment.