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Sandra Mitchell: GMOs and Policy in a Complex, Diverse World
Sandra Mitchell: GMOs and Policy in a Complex, Diverse World
ABSTRACT Dr. Mitchell’s lecture considers how both biological diversity and value pluralism thwart simple regulatory models for genetically modified organisms. For example, we talk about policy for BT modified plants, yet there are about 600 known strains of Bacillus thuringiensis and the effect of different strains on different host plants as well as the consequences […]
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Katherine Brading: Unity, Change, and What There Is
Katherine Brading: Unity, Change, and What There Is
ABSTRACT Dr. Brading’s lecture considers such fundamental questions as ‘What is there?’ and ‘How, if at all, can what there is undergo change?’ She explores the relationships between matter, space and time by means of an approach to physics that has its origins in Newton’s engagement with Descartes’ philosophy. SPEAKER PROFILE Katherine Brading is an […]