I've been listening to this series for the last week or so. I've learned so much from it and the quality of Sapolsky's character and presentation style is so great that I thought I would share....
I've been listening to this series for the last week or so. I've learned so much from it and the quality of Sapolsky's character and presentation style is so great that I thought I would share. The course covers a wide array of topics, reviews the various ways that different disciplines have addressed the same topics, and I think some of the focus is on training the student to incorporate the observations from those disciplines in a holistic way.
As a non-biologist, some of the topics that he introduces are quite surprising to me. I had never heard of epigenetics and had no idea that gene expression could be influenced by environment. I think he brings this topic up briefly in the first couple of videos.
It's a little bit difficult to follow the series on YouTube, there doesn't seem to be a playlist for it on Stanford's channel. Luckily they are numbered so there's at least a mechanism for finding the next one as you progress.
I've been listening to this series for the last week or so. I've learned so much from it and the quality of Sapolsky's character and presentation style is so great that I thought I would share. The course covers a wide array of topics, reviews the various ways that different disciplines have addressed the same topics, and I think some of the focus is on training the student to incorporate the observations from those disciplines in a holistic way.
As a non-biologist, some of the topics that he introduces are quite surprising to me. I had never heard of epigenetics and had no idea that gene expression could be influenced by environment. I think he brings this topic up briefly in the first couple of videos.
It's a little bit difficult to follow the series on YouTube, there doesn't seem to be a playlist for it on Stanford's channel. Luckily they are numbered so there's at least a mechanism for finding the next one as you progress.