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September 30, 2012

On TV

David Sloan Wilson

David Sloan Wilson
David Sloan Wilson

Research conducted by evolutionist and Distinguished Professor David Sloan Wilson was featured on the Science Channel’s “Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.” The episode was titled “Did We Invent God?” and premiered Aug. 8.







J. David Hacker

J David Hacker
J. David Hacker

Demographic historian and Associate Professor J. David Hacker was featured in the PBS American Experience documentary “Death and the Civil War,” which aired Sept. 18. The documentary is based on Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust’s book, “This Republic of Suffering.” Based on his research, Hacker has raised the estimated death toll from the Civil War from the frequently cited 600,000 to 750,000.