5. Michael J. Crowe, The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750–1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986), pp. 224–225, 274–277, 464–465. Simon Schaffer has shown the place of the nebular hypothesis in a general “science of progress” i…19. On Shapley’s uses of cosmic evolution see JoAnn Palmeri, chapter 15 in this volume, and her dissertation, “An Astronomer Beyond the Observatory: Harlow Shapley as Prophet of Science,” (University of Oklahoma, 2000).
20. While Sagan’s v…
John C. Greene
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John C. Greene appears only as a passing reference in these course materials, cited obliquely through footnotes on the history of extraterrestrial life debate and cosmic evolution rather than as a direct speaker in the readings. Without more substantial excerpts, his specific role in the seminar's frame—which concerns AI, cybernetics, and machine intelligence—remains unclear from the provided citations alone. The references suggest he may be relevant to genealogies of scientific progress narratives or evolutionary thinking, but his connection to the course's central concerns would need fuller context to articulate.
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