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Richard C. Lewontin, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biology, stands out at Harvard, not for being a brilliant biologist, but for being a radical. He teaches the infamous gut Natural Sciences 36, "Biological Determinism," which is a semester long critique of theories that assert genes are the prime determinants of behaviour and intelligence. The staff teaching Nat. Sci. 36 blatantly stated their relaxed grading policy and the University emasculated the course, offering it only on a pass/fail basis and making it unacceptable for filling the general education requirement. Lewontin also helps teach a biology course on social issues with a similar...
...title of Lewontin's lecture on May 17 will be "Genetic Diversity in Humans and Other Animals." This could be a boring speech if delivered by most biologist s|but|it should bring out all of the biases, brilliant insights and radical perspectives for which Lewontin is known. If you have heard him speak before, the talk will be nothing special but if you have not taken one of his courses, bring your dollar to the Geological Lecture Hall on Oxford...
Carter, a politician with the problem-solving mind of an engineer, is confident that any such pessimistic view is wrong. To doubt that new technological breakthroughs are ahead is essentially a failure of the imagination. Biologist Barry Commoner is one of many scientists who believe that new energy sources will be developed. Even now, he claims, "solar energy could reduce our energy budget...
Morale at the FDA is frequently bad these days, and senior positions can be hard to fill. Example: Commissioner Kennedy, a biologist, took over last month, a full three months after the resignation of his predecessor, Dr. Alexander Schmidt. In addition, Schmidt had given five months' notice of his intent to leave. Acknowledges Kennedy, who has developed a crash-course understanding of the FDA's problems: "I am learning that the agency does little that is not controversial...