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James MacAllister wrote a new post, The Thin End Podcasts with Denis Noble 9 years, 7 months ago
“A Dialogue with Denis Noble” – Ray Noble (Denis’s brother) interviews Denis Noble on the idea of biological relativity in evolution and “Evolution and the One-Eyed Watchmaker” – Denis and Ray Noble discuss […]
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James MacAllister posted an update 9 years, 7 months ago
Here is the poster for the documentary.
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James MacAllister posted an update 9 years, 7 months ago
I am the volunteer archivist for the Lynn Margulis archive at ScholarWorks, a program of the Libraries of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I have been a contributor to a new documentary by John Feldman of Hummingbird Films, Symbiotic Earth: How Lynn Margulis rocked the boat and started a scientific revolution. The documentary is in its…[Read more]
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YES Jim. Please keep us up to date about this important film about Lynn Margulis! I will feature in a News Feed.
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, New trends in evolutionary biology: biological, philosophical and social science perspectives 9 years, 7 months ago
“New trends in evolutionary biology: biological, philosophical and social science perspectives ” is a joint meeting of the Royal Society and the British Academy of Science to discuss the new paradigm of […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Gaia and her microbiome 9 years, 7 months ago
“The Gaia hypothesis, proposed 50 years ago, posits that the Earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere interact as a cybernetic system, maintaining the long-term habitability of the planet. The […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Scientists March on Washington 9 years, 7 months ago
The Scientists’ March on Washington is working to schedule a March for Science on DC and across the United States. A date has not been decided upon yet but the aim is to do so as quickly as possible.
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FANTASTIC JIM! PLEASE KEEP US APPRISED OF LOGISTICS AND I WILL SEND A SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE NETWORK!
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James MacAllister replied to the topic in the forum James MacAllister 9 years, 8 months ago
This is a test.
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, January 2017 Environmental Evolution newsletter 9 years, 8 months ago
This newsletter discusses the need for a new theory of evolution in evolutionary biology that incorporates biological relativity and the research featured at the Royal Society meeting, New Trends in Evolution: […]
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James MacAllister replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 9 years, 9 months ago
I offered my best argument long ago in this forum, but return because I think that Prof. Denis Noble’s new book, “Dance to the Tune of Life: Biological Relativity”, which argues for a new viewpoint from which to view evolution and biology is a must-read. For anyone who has been interested in this forum topic in whole or part: those who were…[Read more]
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James MacAllister posted an update 9 years, 9 months ago
With apologies to Denis Noble, I got the name of his most recent book and lecture incorrect. His first book is “The Music of Life: Biology Beyond Genes” and I conflated it with his new book “Dance to the Tune of Life: Biological Relativity.” For those who followed the discussion of the question “Is the Universe a Living System?”, this book sets…[Read more]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Dance to the Tune of Life: Biological Relativity 9 years, 9 months ago
Publisher description – “In this thought-provoking book, Denis Noble formulates the theory of biological relativity, emphasising that living organisms operate at multiple levels of complexity and must therefore […]
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James MacAllister posted an update 9 years, 9 months ago
I notice that the Deep Time Journey Network has a new tag line, “Empowering Emergence”. One of the mysteries of deep time is where and how life (a process of cellular metabolism) was empowered to emerge. Another puzzle is how life and the Earth have shaped one another over the past 3200+ million years. There has been one theory of how cellular…[Read more]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Dance to the Tune of Life Lecture by Prof. Denis Noble 9 years, 9 months ago
Biological Relativity
Lecture given by Prof Denis Noble from the University of Oxford on his latest book, Dance to the Tune of Life, which features some of the new understanding of evolution that has replaced […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Royal Society’s “New Trends in Biological Evolution” – A Bloodless Revolution 9 years, 9 months ago
In London from 7-9 November 2016, …a groundbreaking summit at the British Royal Society. of 300 scientists from around the world gathered to evaluate a sea change in evolutionary theory. … This was the crux […]
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James MacAllister posted an update 9 years, 12 months ago
In November 2016 there will be a Royal Society meeting, “New trends in evolutionary biology: biological, philosophical and social science perspectives” on the subject of all of the new discoveries in evolution, biology and medicine that are overturning the so-called Modern Synthesis (neo-Darwinism) that has been the mainstream view for the past 70…[Read more]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, September 2016 Environmental Evolution newsletter 9 years, 12 months ago
Discussion of the history and philosophy of systems thinking from Alexander von Humboldt to Lynn Margulis. An
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Developmental Biology Film Series 10 years, 2 months ago
The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s official channel devoted to the National Science Foundation Developmental Biology Film Series created in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the leading expert biologists on […]
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Holism and Evolution 10 years, 2 months ago
J. C. Smuts coined the term “holism” ( from holo-‘whole’ + -ism) in the 1920s to designate the tendency in nature to produce organized “wholes” (bodies or organisms) from the ordered grouping of units. Holism […]
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Thanks so much for this Jim. So many people have used these ideas. Great to see their origin!!!
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, June 2016 Environmental Evolution newsletter 10 years, 2 months ago
Newsletter reviews Symbiogenetics, the 4th edition of Lynn Margulis’s magnum opus (Symbiosis in Cell Evolution) as it bears on the November meeting of the Royal Society on New Trends in Evolution
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James MacAllister wrote a new post, Deep Time Walk 10 years, 5 months ago
The Deep Time Walk is a 4.6km walking audio history of life. This unfolding takes you from 4.6bn years ago to the present day, with each metre representing one million years. As you walk you begin to recognise […]
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Thanks for adding this Jim. Fred Adams in Spain and Geoff Ainscow in California, DTJN members, have been working on developing this app. Looks like it’s coming together!
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Yes, this is a marvelous adventure. This project is opening a new creative field around the original concept of Walking Audio Books. Now that we are at a few steps to finish the programming of the engine, i am expecting to give birth to more walking audio books to experience space and time scales with the body and the mind at the same time. A lot of ideas around the corner and happy to listen also to the inspirations of the community, what would you like to walk in time and space ? (pro.gpsmuseum.eu)
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Our crowdfunding campaign is open, go to deeptimewalk.org to pledge. We need £20K to complete the app.
It is a breakthrough educational experience, a walking audio history of Earth, which will be available to everyone anywhere in the world. The user walks 4.6 km (4.6 billion years) while listening to an engaging conversation between ‘the scientist’ and ‘the fool’ (the truth teller) narrated by two Shakespearean actors and produced by a skilled BBC drama producer. Our plan is to publish the app on Apple and Android platforms in the Fall. We will much appreciate your pledge. -
I hope you get fully funded. Please put up reports in the News Feed (Activity) about your progress!!
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Thanks for adding these. They’re such stimulating discussions; I’m sure most people think they know how evolution works, when what they know is the Modern Synthesis. (Of course, here in the US, you’re lucky even to get that.)
I just read about their poor backgrounds–the Noble brothers exemplify the value of scholarship funds. I would also like to hear them chat after a scotch or two…