From Today in Science History:
Francis Maitland Balfour (Died 19 Jul 1882; born 10 Nov 1851). British zoologist, younger brother of the statesman Arthur James Balfour, and a founder of modern embryology.
“Francis Maitland Balfour (1851-1882): A founder of evolutionary embryology”
Michael, did you see the Cambridge Press America post on Darwin? Its a couple weeks old, but they also have a Darwin post for yesterday I think. Hope you are doing well,
Michael
http://cupblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/darwin-letter-friday/
Hi Michael – yes, I have seen the Darwin Friday posts from Cambridge America blog. They’ve had 5 so far:
http://wordpress.com/tag/darwin-letter-friday/
On another note, I am 10 pages or so from finishing Trying Leviathan… and hope to get my review of it done by month’s end…