Origin of Life - Lecture by John Maynard Smith (2 of 6)

A lecture by the late John Maynard Smith on the origin of life.

- Further Reading -
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_life

- John Maynard Smith -
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5719510285700008320
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Smith

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Abiogenesis
• Origin
• of
• Life
• John
• Maynard
• Smith

[rubymaynardsmith]

john is my grandad!! i am 13 and his youngest grand child!!!! love you grandad he used to help me lots of my animal projects all the time!!

xx

[georgesmoulin]

I consider myself extremely honoured to have known this smashing fellow. I did both my degrees in the Sussex Biology department and attended all of his lectures. He was always ready to help with amazing insights and advice and his door was always open. So sad he's gone, but what a contribution he made.

[zytigon]

Darwin's 'On the Origin of species' etc can be read free at Project Gutenberg org. For more on science & nature try books by top scientists Richard Dawkins, ' Unweaving the rainbow ' & ' The greatest show on earth ' & PZ Meyers , Victor Stenger, website Talkorigins, Try John C. Lennox V Peter Atikins debate on youtube. Also on Youtube BonoboBill, evidence of common ancestry: human chromosome 2. Also Ken Miller on Pariskillton. Also try reading about endogenous retrovirus & provirus.

[AlanCanon2222]

@rubymaynardsmith Just think, someday you'll be the same age as your granddad, and you might discover things just as important as he did, and help others learn just as he did!

[laDy8A5737]

@rubymaynardsmith Would your family be interested in adopting another daughter? ;)

[STEPHENWRAYSFORD33]

@rubymaynardsmith wow, John Maynard Smith as your grandfather. You're a very lucky person.

[ofschorchedpumpkins]

Im a friend of his Grandson Sean....WEEEEEEEEEEEEEUW!

[noelsussex]

@fullgenomealchemist I was his last post-doc for 10 years.

[fullgenomealchemist]

@noelsussex

I was not meaning compared to his own other contributions. It was more in recognition of the fact that genetic hitchhiking is now the major signal used to study positive selection. Are you related to the CSE at University of Sussex?

[noelsussex]

@fullgenomealchemist I''m not sure I agrre. Game Theory applied to biology was perhaps more important and John should have been invited to Stockholm for that. ' Major Transitions' is very influential.

A manuscript called 'How clonal are bacteria?' had a profound effect on the whole area of bacterial population genetics.

[okeeffdp]

@georgesmoulin

I know you posted this 11months ago, but you lucky bastard!

[BillyJack7]

I don't care how many microscopes someone touches..if they teach life came from non life they are lying in order to promote their hypothesis...a low of science tells us life only comes from life...seek truth don't square pegs dont fit into round holes and that is what the anti biogenesis people teach.