The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution
9 best books like The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution (John Brockman): Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History, Chaos: Making a New Science, Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture, Evolution: Making Sense of Life, 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, The Human Story
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,...
Chaos: Making a New Science
| Author | James Gleick |
| ISBN | 0140092501 |
Few writers distinguish themselves by their ability to write about complicated, even obscure topics clearly and engagingly. In Chaos, James Gleick, a former science writer for the New York Times, shows that he resides in this exclusive category. Here he takes on the job of depicting the first years...
| 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 | Carl Zimmer |
| ISBN | 1936221691 |
Science writer Carl Zimmer and evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen have teamed up to write a textbook intended for biology majors that will inspire students while delivering a solid foundation in evolutionary biology. Zimmer brings the same story-telling skills he displayed in The Tangled Bank,...
| 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...
Quotes I love---
"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 | Robin I.M. Dunbar |
| ISBN | 0571223036 |
The ideas in Robin Dunbar's previous book, Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, have since become scientific orthodoxy, and this looks set to make an even bigger splash Incredibly influential and popular; all of Dunbar's events for the hardback were sell-outs, and there's much more publicity...
