Center for Environmental Research Lunchtime Lecture by Kevin
M. Anderson
2014 Lunchtime Lecture theme – Nature and the American Mind
June Lunchtime Lecture: Biology, Ecological Change, and
Native Species
Biology emerged as a science in American during the 19th
Century debate over Darwin’s theory of evolution. That debate between Asa Gray
and Louis Agassiz was won by Gray and the evolutionists, but Agassiz
popularized biology as a science by urging teachers and students to study
nature directly in the field. They and professional biologists surveyed
American nature during a time of profound ecological change in America, and
their legacy is still found in lists of “native” species whose numbers and
distribution were in part the result of the ecological change wrought by the
settlement of America. In my June lecture, I will recount the context and
impacts of the emergence of biology as a science on our understanding of
American Nature.
June 10 Tuesday NOON to 1pm at Waller Center, 625 East 10th
Street [Between Red River and I-35]
June 11 Wednesday NOON to 1pm at Dougherty Arts Center, 1110
Barton Springs Road
June 18 Wednesday NOON to 1pm at Austin City Hall, Boards
and Commissions Room 1st Floor
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