August 30 No Class

September 2 No Class, Labor Day

September 4 Lamarck, The Zoological Philosophy,Foreword and Chapter 7

September 6 Lamarck, continued

September 9  Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

September 11  Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

September 13  Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species, Darwinism and the Biotech market

September 16 Erwin Schrodinger, What is Life?

September 18 James Watson, The Double Helix

September  20 James Watson, The Double Helix

September 23 James Watson, The Double Helix

September 25 James Watson and Francis Crick, "A Structure for DNA"

September 27 Greg Bear, Blood Music,

September 30 Greg Bear, Blood Music

October  2 Greg Bear, Blood Music

October 4 David Cronenberg, The Fly (VIDEO)

October 7 The Fly, discussion

October 9 Richard Preston, The Hot Zone,  Encyclopedia of Virology Entry Ebola, Marburg

October 11 Richard Preston, The Hot Zone, CDC Ebola Link

October 14 Richard Preston, The Hot Zone

October 16 Richard Preston, The Hot Zone,

October 18 Todd Haynes, Safe  (VIDEO)

October 21 CDC Bioterrorism Links

October 23 A Brief History of Automata

October 25 Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

October 28 Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

October 30 Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

November 1 Introduction to Artificial Life

November 4 Virtual Pets

November 6 Online "Virtual Baby"

November 8 A Brief History of the Fetus ( Newman, recommended but notrequired)

November 11 -- NO CLASS -- VETERAN'S DAY

November 13 November 15 Roe V. Wade

November 18 Roe V. Wade

November 20 Cloning

November 22 Raelians on Cloning

November 25  NIH Stem Cell Primer

November 27 -- NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING BREAK

November 29 - No Class BLACK FRIDAY

December 2 - Octavia Butler, Dawn, Alien DNA Links

December 4 Octavia Butler, Dawn

December  6 Octavia Butler, Dawn,

December 11 Final Research Project Due, mobius@psu.edu at 5 pm Pacific.