Blaise Recommends 'The Power of Life': Science History of Lamarckian Evolution
blaiseaguera · x · 2026-08-01
Blaise Agüera y Arcas shares one of his July book picks: The Power of Life. The book delves into the life and scientific contributions of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, the French Enlightenment-era naturalist.
It challenges the central dogma of biology—that genetic information flows only one way—and re-evaluates the true scientific value of Lamarckian evolution, which was largely repudiated by Darwinism.
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