Category Archives: Science

Albertus Magnus. Magic. Science

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Sean Redmond

I don’t want to be taken for a curmudgeon. I love things that seem magical, I love to be amazed by illusions, but I’m annoyed by magical thinking. After the Plato Code, I’m more than usually primed to pull back … Continue reading →

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Review: Ian Tattersall, The World from Beginnings to 4000 B.C.E.

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Sean Redmond

The hominid fossil record begins some seven million years ago with species that are like humans but not human. But on what basis do we identify members of our own family and say that they are not merely humanlike but … Continue reading →

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