Tag Archives: Biology

Getting started – Biology

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Kerry

In 2011-12 we’re going to adopt a nature study approach to biology! We’ll meet on Monday evenings, 7-8:30 p.m., beginning Sept 12. Occasionally, we’ll fall back to either Friday morning or Saturday morning, particularly when there are field trips. I’d … Continue reading →

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Evangelicals and Evolutionary Creation

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Kerry

Darwin 2009 – OU History of Science Collections from Kerry Magruder on Vimeo. This Darwin 2009 video (m4v, mp4, download) explains that the OU History of Science Collections is one of the handful of places in the world where one … Continue reading →

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Melville and Mortality

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Kerry

“Call me Ishmael” is not how Moby Dick begins. Rather, the work opens with a scene of dusty old books, pervaded by a sense of mortality, followed by extracts “toward a Cetacean taxonomy” supplied by a “sub-sub-Librarian.” As a curator … Continue reading →

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For a friend who has lost an animal companion

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Kerry

I wrote the following email in 2006 to a family who were devastated by the loss of a beloved dog. I have changed the original recipient’s name to K, and the name of the dog to B. Subject: not without … Continue reading →

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