Kenyon College -- Department of Biology

It's Spring 2008.
The Biomorphs Strike Back!


Biomorphs Home

BIOL 103 Biology in Science Fiction
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Learn biology through science fiction books and films.

Apply quantitative reasoning to urgent problems in biology.
Defeat the Biomorphs before they defeat Earth.

Prof. Joan Slonczewski

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Book List
Previous Instructors

Course developed with support from
Kenyon's HHMI award
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  • How do Biomorphs reproduce --
    and avoid self-destruction? (Time Machine, Star Trek)
  • How do species evolve? Could humans evolve into something very different? (Vonnegut's Galapagos)
  • What kind of planet do we need for life?
    How can a biosphere sustain itself?
    (Dune; A Door into Ocean)
  • How does genetics create us--and create new life?
    Could genetics make us immortal?
    (Jurassic Park; A Door into Ocean)
  • What if the Biomorphs try to destroy us from within? (Brain Plague)

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