In this show, Robert Harrison discusses the remarkable evolutionary theories of French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck with Stanford professor Jessica Riskin. Dr. Riskin is the Frances and Charles Field Professor of History at Stanford University. She is the author of The Restless Clock (2019), Science in the Age of Sensibility (2002), and most recently The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. Songs featured in this episode: “Echo” by Glass Wave and “Fingers” by Joi.

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