Wilson boldly addresses age-old questions (Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going?) while delving into the biological sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts.
Evolution (Biology)
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Author:Wilson, Edward O.Summary: - Author:Dawkins, RichardSummary:
The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought....
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Author:Darwin, CharlesSummary:The first mature and persuasive work to explain the process of natural selection.
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Author:Mayfield, JohnSummary:The concepts of evolution and complexity theory have become part of the intellectual ether permeating the life sciences, the social and behavioral sciences, and more recently, management science and economics. In this new title, John...
- Author:Shubin, NeilSummary:
The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish, now gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life, that enable us to further understand whether our presence on this planet is an accident or...
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Author:Turner, J. ScottSummary:A professor, biologist, and physiologist argues that modern Darwinism's materialist and mechanistic biases have led to a scientific dead end, unable to define what life is-and only an openness to the qualities of "purpose and desire"...
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Author:Darwin, CharlesSummary:Join an eccentric young naturalist on a tropical voyage to exotic destinations where he encounters fascinating and sometimes dangerous creatures and meets local residents who free him from the rigid dogma of his native England. He also...
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Life : the first four billion years : the story of life from the big bang to the evolution of humansAuthor:Jenkins, MartinSummary:Experience earth from the big bang to the dinosaurs and beyond in this beautifully written, vibrant overview of our home planet's journey from creation to our time today.
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Author:Rogel, Jean-Pierre, Spencer, NigelSummary:With all the attention to creationism in the news these days, Jean-Pierre Rogel decided it was time to show how Darwin's concept of natural selection can be seen in everyday situations — from a summer cottage near a lake — with examples...
- Author:Sengoopta, ChandakSummary:
In this course, University of Longon professor Chandak Sengoopta examines the major themes of Darwin's works and explores their diverse, often contradictory impacts on science and society from 1859 to the present.
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Author:Chappell, FredSummary:In May of 1946 science teacher Joe Robert Kirkman's day begins with hunting a mythical devil-possum in the North Carolina mountains and ends in defending his job before the school board.
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Author:Rutherford, AdamSummary:"An effervescent work, brimming with tales and confounding ideas carried in the 'epic poem in our cells.'"-Guardian In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species-births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration...
- Author:Gee, HenrySummary:
In the tradition of E.H. Gombrich, Stephen Hawking, and Alan Weisman--An entertaining and uniquely informed narration of Life's life story. In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place--in constant chemical flux, covered...
