Dr. Harry Cook
Emeritus Professor of Biology
(appointed 1979; emeritus 1999)
780-465-3500, ext. 8082
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Science, University of Alberta (1988-2000)
Education
* D.Sc. (Zoology), Free University of Amsterdam, 1966
* M.Sc.A. (Animal Science), University of British Columbia, 1962
* B.Sc.A. (Animal Science), University of British Columbia, 1960
Research Interests
* History and theory of biology
* The relationship of religion and science
* The history of The King's University College
Teaching Responsibilities
Biology 480 - History of Biology
Special Lectures
* The Fossils of Burgess Shale
* How much do genes determine who we are?
* Current concerns in our use of animals
Representative Publications
* H. Cook and J.R. Wood, "Looking at Nature Through Other eyes: God's Governance of Nature in the Religion-Science Debate," Christian Scholar's Review 39, 2010.
* Cook, H., and Vanden Born, W., "Torchbearers for the King: A History of the Establishment of The King's University College (Edmonton: The King's University College, 2004).
* Cook, H. and H.D. Bestman, A Persistent View: Lamarckian Thought in Early Evolutionary Theories and in Modern Biology. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 52(2), June 2000, p. 86-96.
* Cook, H., Burgess Shale and the history of biology, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 47(3), 159-163, 1995
* Cook, H., Embracing test-tube babies. The Banner, May 2, 1994.
* Feddes, J.J.R., H. Cook, and M.J. Zuidhof, Characterization of airborne dust particles in turkey housing. Can. Agric. Engineering 34, 273-280, 1992
* Cook, H., J.W. Berkenbosch, M.J. Fernhout, K.L. Yu, R.E. Peter, J.P. Chang, and J.E. Rivier, Demonstration of gonadotropin releasing hormone receptors on gonadotrophs, and somatotrophs of the Goldfish: and electron microscope study. Regulatory Peptides 36, 369-378, 1991.
* Chang, J.P., H. Cook, G.L. Freedman, A.J. Wiggs, G.M. Somoza, R. de Leeuw, and R.E. Peter, Use of a pituitary cell dispersion method and primary culture system for the studies of gonadotropin-releasing hormone action in the Goldfish, Carassius auratus. I. Initial morphological, static, and cell-column perifusion studies. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 77, 256-273, 1990.
* Miyajima, K., A. Yasuda, P. Swanson, H. Kawauchi, H. Cook, T. Kaneko, R.E. Peter, R. Suzuki, S. Hasegawa, and T. Hirano, Isolation and characterization of Carp prolactin. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 70, 407-417, 1988.
* Cook, H., The biology business, Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, 34, 129-134, 1982.
* Cook, H., D.R. Helland, B.H. Vander Weele, and R.J., De Jong, Histologic effects of polybrominated biphenyls in Michigan dairy cattle. Environmental Research 15, 82-89, 1978.
* Cook, H., J.J. Rusthoven, and N. Vogelzang, The rostral pars distalis of the Alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus. A light and electron microscope study. Zeitschrift f. Zellforschung 141, 145-159, 1973.
* Cook, H., and A.P. van Overbeeke, Ultrastructure of the pituitary gland (pars distalis) in Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) during gonad maturation. Zeitschrift f. Zellforschung 130, 338-350, 1972.
* Cook, H., Morphology and histology of the central nervous system of Succinea putris (L). Arch. Neerlandaises de Zoologie.18, 1-72, 1966.
* Cook, H., and W.D. Kitts, Anti-oestrogenic activity in Yellow Pine needles (Pinus ponderosa). Acta Endocrinologica 45, 33-39, 1964.
Book Translated and Edited
Jacob Klapwijk, Purpose in the Living World? Creation and Emergent Evolution, Harry Cook, translator and editor, Cambridge University Press, 2008.