Stanford University lectures on Darwin and his legacy

via Atheist Nexus

These lectures, given by distinguished and notable experts in their respective fields, have now been uploaded to youtube, including the discussion panels that follow each lecture and the highly informative Q&A sessions.

Here they are
Lecture 1: "Darwin's Own Evolution" with Robert Siegel and "Darwin's Data" with William Durham


Lecture 2: "Evolution vs. Creationism" with Eugenie Scott.


Lecture 3: "A biography on Charles Darwin" with Janet Browne


Lecture 4: "The philosophical importance of Darwin's theory of evolution." with Dan Dennett


Lecture 5: "How and why species multiply" with Peter and Rosemary Grant.


Lecture 6: "Darwin's life and work" with Niles Eldredge


Lecture 7: "The history and consequences of social Darwinism" with Melissa Brown



Lecture 8: "Darwin's legacy in medicine and infectious disease" with Paul Ewald.



Lecture 9: "Evolution, Brain and Behaviour" with Russell Fernald


Lecture 10: "Learning to see Darwinian ways of meaning" with George Levine


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