Evolution: Making Sense of Life
9 best books like Evolution: Making Sense of Life (Carl Zimmer): Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History, The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World, The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution, Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture, Evolution: The History of an Idea, Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science, Seven Clues to the Origin of Life: A Scientific Detective Story, A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock, Borges: A Life
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
| Author | Stephen Jay Gould |
| ISBN | 0393308189 |
More than any other modern scientists, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate the realm of science.
Ever Since Darwin,...
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion deliberately attacked and suppressed the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to 'one true faith'.
Despite the long-held notion that the early Christians were meek and...
| Author | John Brockman |
| ISBN | 0684823446 |
Thirty-five years ago, C. P. Snow, in a now famous essay, wrote about the polarization of the "two cultures" -- literary intellectuals on the one hand, and scientists on the other. Although he hoped for the emergence of a "third culture" that would bridge the gap, it is only recently that science has changed...
| Author | Alan Sokal |
| ISBN | 0199239207 |
When physicist Alan Sokal revealed that his 1996 article, "Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity," published in Social Text, was a hoax, the ensuing scandal made the front page of the New York Times and caused an uproar amongst the post-modernists...
| Author | Peter J. Bowler |
| ISBN | 0520236939 |
Since its original publication in 1983, Evolution: The History of an Idea has been recognized as a comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact of this most controversial of scientific theories. This new edition has been entirely rewritten to take account of the latest work...
| Author | Paul R. Gross |
| ISBN | 0801857074 |
With the emergence of "cultural studies" and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In Higher Superstition scientists Paul Gross and Norman Levitt raise serious questions about the growing...
| Author | A.G. Cairns-Smith |
| ISBN | 0521398282 |
A general, generic understanding of the origin of life is that organic chemicals came together by chance in just the right way so that replication occurred. Then random variation and natural selection took it from there and favored the better replicators. Cairns-Smith doubts this speculative account...
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"The word 'understanding' and the particular meaning she attributed to it, is the cornerstone of Barbara McClintock's entire approach to science. For her, the smallest details provided the keys to the larger whole. It was her conviction that the closer her focus, the greater...
| Author | Edwin Williamson |
| ISBN | 0143035568 |
Edwin Williamson’s major new biography is the first in any language to encompass the entire span of Jorge Luis Borges’s life and work. Drawing upon previously unknown or unavailable sources, it brings out the human side of Borges: his roots in Argentina, the evolution of his political ideas, his...
