Syntropy blog: A Big Picture, Conceptual Introduction to Biology: EEB 122

I wrote a detailed review of OpenYaleCourses's EEB 122: Principles of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior.

Here are some highlights:

• Startling: "survival of the fittest" is wrong!


• The wonderful metaphor of the theater in evolution (due to Evelyn Hutchinson)


• A remarkable description of El Niño


• Evolutionary Medicine may be one of the most significant benefits of the theory of evolution


• I was inspired to research the frequency of major geological events (earthquakes, volcanos, etc)


• A poignant discussion on biodiversity


• Biogeochemistry is one of my biggest "discoveries" of the course: it may be one of the most important interdisciplinary fields for Human survival


• I reference the Buckminster Fuller Challenge


• The importance of geography


• A survey of other freely available introductory biology courses