October 29, 2013
Class Explores Science as Darwin Did

Friedman's seminar is one of the varied classroom experiences designed to give students a hands-on sense of how Darwin developed his theories of natural selection and evolution. Along with reading excerpts of his published works and private correspondence, students make numerous field trips — to the Arboretum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and to a local pigeon fancier — where they see those concepts in action and recreate many of the naturalist’s observations.