Richard Dawkins
Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin's The Origin of Species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On its appearance in 1859 it was immediately ... [... more]
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Richard Dawkins: How a scientist changed the way we think
 Not just a cheering section: If Darwin's revelation of natural selection is "the best idea anyone, any where, ever had", then Richard Dawkins' identification of the "selfish gene" must run a close second. While Darwin's concept [... more]
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The Intelligent Genome: On the Origin of the Human Mind ...
For fans of Richard Dawkins...: I have just begun to read this book and am delighted to find it extends the logical implications I found so right in Richard Dawkins' work. If you're interested in a little extraordinary illumination about the phenomenon [... more]
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Three Tales (+DVD)
very disappointing: Like John Adams and Philip Glass, Steve Reich's recent (scant) output has been very disappointing. In fact, I feel now that of the three, Glass is the only one who can still come up with something surprising, even though he is [... more]
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Complexity, Risk, and Financial Markets
The dumbing down of market chaos (0 stars): Peters' earlier work, "Fractal Market Analysis", is an excellent introduction to chaos theory applied to financial markets. It's truly one of the most useful finance books I've ever read. I was [... more]
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The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
From Amazon.com: The theory of evolution is regarded as one of the greatest glimmerings of understanding humans have ever had. It is an idea of science, not of belief, and therefore undergoes constant scrutiny and testing by argumentative evolutionary [... more]
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Why We Age: What Science Is Discovering about the Body's ...
From Amazon.com: Before we know why we age, we need to know how we age. According to Steven Austad, we should blame the process on rusting and cooking. Oxygen causes our cells to rust, and glucose causes some of our tissues to take on the qualities of [... more]
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The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the ...
"Intelligent design" invades cognitive science: This is a leading contender for "The Worst Book I've Ever Read". It certainly ranks high in the poorest study of cognitive science on the market. The authors want to erect an edifice [... more]
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Richard Dawkins: How a scientist changed the way we think
Not just a cheering section: If Darwin's revelation of natural selection is "the best idea anyone, any where, ever had", then Richard Dawkins' identification of the "selfish gene" must run a close second. While Darwin's concept [... more]
CDN$26.95
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Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated
From Amazon.com: Biologists have a dirty little secret: while practically everyone knows of The Origin of Species (and owes much to it), almost nobody has read it. British geneticist Steve Jones wants to make the arguments contained in that great text [... more]
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Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year ...
Hands, hyoids and . . . hiccups??: What a pity there is no Nobel for palaeontology. Some sort of award should be given to Neil Shubin for finding "Tiktaalik" in the Canadian Arctic. It wasn't a chance find - he relates the detailed planning [... more]
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Blind Watchmaker
From Amazon.com: Richard Dawkins is not a shy man. Edward Larson's research shows that most scientists today are not formally religious, but Dawkins is an in-your-face atheist in the witty British style: I want to persuade the reader, not just that the [... more]
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