When and how did astronomers and biologists come to believe in cosmic evolution as a guiding principle for their work, and how did it become a serious research program? In her pioneering book, Unifying Biology: The Evolutionary Synthesis an…Since Darwin propounded his theory of evolution by natural selection, evolution has been much more than a science. It has been a worldview that has affected culture in numerous ways, and different cultures in diverse ways.<sup>23</sup> As w…
Betty Smocovitis
historian · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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Smocovitis is a historian of science who traces how evolutionary thinking became a unifying framework across biology in the 20th century, particularly through the Modern Synthesis movement. Her work is cited here to establish how scientific concepts—evolution especially—transcend disciplinary boundaries and become cultural worldviews that shape thought across domains beyond strict biology. In the context of this course, her historical method grounds the argument that systems of thought (whether evolutionary or cybernetic) function simultaneously as technical paradigms and social-cultural forces.
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