Lecturer, Cornell University
Gunnar O Babcock is a lecturer in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. His research is primarily in the philosophy of biology. He previously managed a non-profit domestication project in Alaska aimed at creating a sustainable form of northern agriculture.
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Philosophy of science
Elusive but everywhere
Everything in the Universe, from wandering turtles to falling rocks, is surrounded by ‘fields’ that guide and direct movement
Daniel W McShea & Gunnar O Babcock
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Biology
The split-body problem
Why we need to stop thinking about parents, offspring and sex when we try to understand how life reproduces itself
Gunnar O Babcock