Wolfe's Lamarkism

Craig Christensen · 05 Jun 1998, 16:14 · from urth-v0012.mbox · original

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From: Craig Christensen <2644 at mn3.lawson.lawson.com>
Subject: (urth) Wolfe's Lamarkism
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 16:14:00
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Mark Millman,

  Thank-you for the very clear explanation of Lamarkism.  I thought I had  =20
a passing familiarity with it, but I confess I was lumping it together  =20
with Lysenkoism.  I recall the story of the mice clearly.

  But, what I was looking for were specific stories where Wolfe discusses  =20
or defends his belief in Lamarkism.  Can you help me out here?

  BTW, have you read DARWIN'S CENTURY by Loren Eiseley?  He is another  =20
favorite author of mine.  In this book he discusses all of the  =20
discoveries of others that Darwin built his own theory upon.  I enjoyed  =20
it, but less than his collections of essays.

Craig Christensen

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