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Jerry Allen Coyne (born December 30, 1949) [4] [5] is an American biologist and skeptic known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design.A professor emeritus at the University of Chicago in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, he has published numerous papers on the theory of evolution.
Why Evolution is True is a popular science book by American biologist Jerry Coyne. It was published in 2009, dubbed "Darwin Year" as it marked the bicentennial of Charles Darwin and the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection .
Cengage Group is an American educational content, technology, and services company for higher education, K–12, professional, and library markets. It operates in more than 20 countries around the world.
Group selection is a proposed mechanism of evolution in which natural selection acts at the level of the group, instead of at the level of the individual or gene. Early authors such as V. C. Wynne-Edwards and Konrad Lorenz argued that the behavior of animals could affect their survival and reproduction as groups, speaking for instance of ...
Coyne remarked that "someone has a loud fucking iPhone." In October 2010, Coyne created a screen print using his own blood. The poster commemorated The Flaming Lips' appearance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. It has a picture of a skull drawn in a Wes Wilson style. Coyne printed it using his blood collected in a vial.
E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center [117] on Nokuse Plantation in Walton County, Florida 2009 video [118] The Explorers Club Medal, 2009 [119] 2010 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology Category [120] Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture, 2010 [121] 2010 Heartland Prize for fiction for his first novel Anthill: A ...
Great Books is an hour-long documentary and biography program that aired on The Learning Channel.The series was a project co-created by Walter Cronkite and television producer Jonathan Ward under a deal they had with their company Cronkite Ward, The Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel.
In 2015, Coyne attacked Gabriele Oettingen's book Rethinking Positive Thinking and accused Oettingen of aggressively promoting pseudoscience while ignoring other research in clinical psychology. [17] [18] Coyne pointed out that as part of Oettingen's aggressive promotional campaign for her book, her own son created Wikipedia articles about her ...