Kenyon College -- Department of Biology

Fall 2009: Mutants at Kenyon

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.
Confront the Mutants before they destroy Earth.

Prof. Joan Slonczewski

Syllabus 2009

Bio Sci Fi Wiki

Student Projects
Book List

  • Are Mutants for real? How do they reproduce --
    and avoid self-destruction? (Time Machine, Star Trek)
  • How do Mutants evolve? Could Mutant humans evolve into a new species? (Vonnegut's Galapagos)
  • How do Mutants adapt to a changing planet? Can Mutants help our planet survive?
    (Dune; A Door into Ocean)
  • How does genetics create us--and Mutants?
    Could genetics make us immortal?
    (Jurassic Park; A Door into Ocean)
  • Could Mutants destroy us from within--or transform us?
    (Brain Plague)

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