Article ID: CBB362921657

Teaching the Classics: The Origin of Species as a Case Study (2013)

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Many (including the author) argue that reading the classics in the field should be part of a scientist’s education. However, how you read the classics can be very different depending on whether you read them as a historian or as a practicing scientist. This point will be made by comparing two readings of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species, and by looking at the use that Stephen Jay Gould made of the history of science in his quest to promote his scientific ideas.

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Authors & Contributors
David M. Peña-Guzmán
Jamie Milton Freestone
Matten, Marc Andre
Brian Hand
Vaughan Prain
Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
Concepts
Communication of scientific ideas
Evolution
Science education and teaching
History of science, as a discipline
Popularization
Science and society
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
Places
United States
India
People's Republic of China
Denmark
Institutions
American Chemical Society
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