Science & the Origins of Race: Max Nordau

Nordau's Degeneration is available for download at google books

Read chapters 1-4. They are short.

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There is an exhibit of Audubon painting at the New York Historical Society right now until March 26th.  Audubon's friendship and scientific partnership with John and Maria Bachman is discussed in the readings.  The link below  is to the exhibit.  The New York Historical Society has the collection of Audubon's work for Bird's of America.

Audubon exhibit

exhibits & collections


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The question came up where to find accessible science news. Here are a few. Remember that some of these may be available via the Pratt's online services.  Make sure to check with them or to ask a reference librarian about their databases.

New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns

Scientific American and Scientific American News
http://www.sciam.com/

http://www.sciam.com/section/id/news


BBC Radio's In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg has very good background discussions that can be downloaded as MP3s
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_archive_home.shtml

Take a look/listen to the other Science programs there
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/

A bit more sensational are
BBC World Service Science
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm

New York Times Science
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html


Perhaps the most respected, though not so accessible both in terms of the publication and because of its cost,  is
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html

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