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Eyes, Parts 1 & 2 - [a two-part essay on eye evolution]
Corante ^ | February 15-16, 2005 | Carl Zimmer

Posted on 02/18/2005 4:34:47 PM PST by snarks_when_bored

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For those with an eye for excellent science writing, an interesting two-parter by a well-known author.

Carl Zimmer

Carl Zimmer is the author of several popular science books and writes frequently for magazines including The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Science, Newsweek, Discover, Popular Science, and Natural History. Carl's books include Parasite Rex and Evolution: The Triumph of An Idea. He has been been called "as fine a science essayist as we have" by the New York Times Book Review. His new book, Soul Made Flesh, is a chronicle of the dawn of neurology in the 1600s. Please send newsworthy items or feedback to blog-at-carlzimmer.com.

1 posted on 02/18/2005 4:34:57 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: RadioAstronomer; longshadow; Ichneumon; Ernest_at_the_Beach; PatrickHenry

Ping


2 posted on 02/18/2005 4:36:26 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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EvolutionPing
A pro-evolution science list with over 240 names. See list's description at my homepage. FReepmail to be added/dropped.

3 posted on 02/18/2005 4:45:24 PM PST by PatrickHenry (<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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To: PatrickHenry

Excellent!

Thanks. : )


4 posted on 02/18/2005 4:48:23 PM PST by Trinity_Tx (Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believin as we already do)
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To: Trinity_Tx; snarks_when_bored

Thanks snarks. All I do is ping.


5 posted on 02/18/2005 4:56:51 PM PST by PatrickHenry (<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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To: Trinity_Tx; snarks_when_bored
I managed to mess up a 7-word post. I intended to say:
Thanks Thank snarks. All I do is ping.
6 posted on 02/18/2005 5:31:39 PM PST by PatrickHenry (<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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To: PatrickHenry

Typos are like roaches...you kill the ones you see, but there's almost always another one lurking in the woodwork.


7 posted on 02/18/2005 5:45:05 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: snarks_when_bored

Good read. Thank you.


8 posted on 02/18/2005 5:50:31 PM PST by marktwain
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To: snarks_when_bored

This thread has attracted so much excitement that, were it not for my typo, we'd have almost no posts at all. However, the night is young ...


9 posted on 02/18/2005 5:51:34 PM PST by PatrickHenry (<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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To: marktwain

Welcome.


10 posted on 02/18/2005 5:54:02 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: PatrickHenry

(laugh) Well, it's Friday evening. Maybe people are eating out or relaxing on the couch or taking their yacht on a run out to the island.


11 posted on 02/18/2005 5:56:02 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: snarks_when_bored

Ping


12 posted on 02/18/2005 5:56:03 PM PST by shubi (Peace through superior firepower.)
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To: snarks_when_bored

Excellent article. Thanks. Good to see it here on Free Republic.


13 posted on 02/18/2005 6:01:13 PM PST by zebra 2
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. . . evolutionary biology is no different from geology or meteorology . . .

Why does the author attribute "evolutionary" only to biology and not to geology or meteorology? Could it be that "evolutionary" is a loaded term that one can inflict upon any scientific discipline? At any rate, "evolutionary" suffers from lack of credibility where real science is concerned.

14 posted on 02/18/2005 6:05:27 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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(Somebody got up off the couch.)

Geology and meteorology do not study living things. Non-living things are said to undergo changes, living things are said to evolve (well, not by you, but...).

15 posted on 02/18/2005 6:18:08 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: zebra 2

Thanks.


16 posted on 02/18/2005 6:18:35 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: snarks_when_bored

Great find, very interesting :)


17 posted on 02/18/2005 6:28:16 PM PST by anguish (while science catches up.... mysticism!)
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To: anguish

Thanks.


18 posted on 02/18/2005 6:42:54 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: snarks_when_bored
(Somebody got up off the couch.)

Don't kid yourself. That's where I live.

19 posted on 02/18/2005 6:51:59 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: snarks_when_bored
Geology and meteorology do not study living things. Non-living things are said to undergo changes, living things are said to evolve . . .

At least you recognize the difference. The author of the above says there is none.

20 posted on 02/18/2005 6:54:33 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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