"My Brothers' Eyes: How My Blind Brothers Taught Me to See," the lecture by University of Toronto professor Daniel R. Brooks scheduled for Monday, Oct. 13, at Hamilton, has been postponed. Organizers hope to reschedule later in the semester.
Brooks is also an accomplished photographer and will include his own photographs in his presentation. He describes it as an act of homage to his two blind brothers: "As a youngster, I sometimes acted as my brothers' eyes -- describing the world to them from the perspective of a sighted person. In return, they taught me how to see better and gave me unique insights. Those insights have served me well in all the important aspects my life--the athletics that got me a scholarship to the university where I became a scientist, my career as a research scientist, and my photography."
Brooks is a leader in the study of the evolution and ecology of tropical biodiversity and emerging disease. His many publications include Evolution as Entropy: Toward a Unified Theory of Biology (1988), written with E.O. Wiley, and The Nature of Diversity: An Evolutionary Voyage of Discovery (2002), written with D.A. McLennan. In 1985 he became the youngest recipient of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal of the American Society of Parasitologists, and he has received the Gold Medal for Research Excellence from the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro) and the Wardle Medal (Canadian Society of Zoologists). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the recipient of a Ph.D. honoris causa from Stockholm University.
Brooks is also an accomplished photographer and will include his own photographs in his presentation. He describes it as an act of homage to his two blind brothers: "As a youngster, I sometimes acted as my brothers' eyes -- describing the world to them from the perspective of a sighted person. In return, they taught me how to see better and gave me unique insights. Those insights have served me well in all the important aspects my life--the athletics that got me a scholarship to the university where I became a scientist, my career as a research scientist, and my photography."
Brooks is a leader in the study of the evolution and ecology of tropical biodiversity and emerging disease. His many publications include Evolution as Entropy: Toward a Unified Theory of Biology (1988), written with E.O. Wiley, and The Nature of Diversity: An Evolutionary Voyage of Discovery (2002), written with D.A. McLennan. In 1985 he became the youngest recipient of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal of the American Society of Parasitologists, and he has received the Gold Medal for Research Excellence from the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro) and the Wardle Medal (Canadian Society of Zoologists). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the recipient of a Ph.D. honoris causa from Stockholm University.
