Science Seminar Series

Jurij Fedynskyj ABSTRACT The ancient tradition of blind minstrels in Ukraine, called kobzari, had nearly disappeared and was carried into the twenty first century by a few survivors or Soviet era repressions and a handful of their followers in relative obscrity. This tradition revolves around the genres of epics and spiritual verses that capture the … Continue reading The Kobzar’s Prayer for Ukraine →

Daniel Nicholson ABSTRACT In 1926, Haldane published an essay titled ‘On Being the Right Size’, in which he argued that the size of an organism fundamentally shapes its way of life. Size constrains the kind of physical structure an organism can have, as well as its mode of behavior. Many of Haldane’s examples were based … Continue reading On Being the Right Size, Revisited →