Explore Evolution
Author : Stephen C. Meyer
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 44,91 MB
Release : 2013-09-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781936599110
Author : Stephen C. Meyer
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 44,91 MB
Release : 2013-09-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781936599110
Author : Karl S. Rosengren
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 0199730423
This book goes beyond the science versus religion dispute to ask why evolution is so often rejected as a legitimate scientific fact, focusing on a wide range of cognitive, socio-cultural, and motivational factors that make concepts such as evolution difficult to grasp.
Author : Frank White
Publisher : AIAA
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 25,94 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781563472602
Using interviews with and writings by astronauts and cosmonauts, discusses how viewing the Earth from space and from the moon affect space explorers' perceptions of the world and humanity, and how those changes are likewise felt in contemporary society. The author views space exploration and eventual colonization as an inevitable step in the evolution of human society and consciousness, one which offers new perspectives on the problems facing us down here on Earth. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Jay Wesley Richards
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,38 MB
Release : 2010-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780979014161
"This book is part of a series published by the Center for Science & Culture at the Discovery Institute in Seattle."--T.p. verso.
Author : Jeff Frank
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 2016-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1684096626
A large sophisticated telescope complex sits atop a dormant volcano in one of Earth's most remote locations. Some incredibly bright but fiercely independent folks operate it much of the time. They detect, map, and perform threat analysis of near-Earth objects. Shortly after the world narrowly escapes an extinction event, they start collecting pieces of a related cosmic puzzle. When they've connected enough of them, an intriguing and disturbing picture emerges. Yet the most revealing pieces don't reveal themselves until after all life on Earth already has begun marching in lockstep toward possible oblivion.
Author : Stephen Baxter
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 21,23 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345457846
“Magisterial and uplifting . . . A brilliant, grandscale sampling of sixty-five million years of human evolution . . . It shows the sweep and grandeur of life in its unrelenting course.” —The Denver Post Stretching from the distant past into the remote future, from primordial Earth to the stars, Evolution is a soaring symphony of struggle, extinction, and survival; a dazzling epic that combines a dozen scientific disciplines and a cast of unforgettable characters to convey the grand drama of evolution in all its awesome majesty and rigorous beauty. Sixty-five million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, there lived a small mammal, a proto-primate of the species Purgatorius. From this humble beginning, Baxter traces the human lineage forward through time. The adventure that unfolds is a gripping odyssey governed by chance and competition, a perilous journey to an uncertain destination along a route beset by sudden and catastrophic upheavals. It is a route that ends, for most species, in stagnation or extinction. Why should humanity escape this fate? Praise for Evolution “Spectacular.”—The New York Times Book Review “Strong imagination, a capacity for awe, and the ability to think rigorously about vast and final things abound in the work of Stephen Baxter. . . . [Evolution] leaves the reader with a haunting portrayal of the distant future.”—Times Literary Supplement “A breath of fresh air . . . The miracle of Evolution is that it makes the triumph of life, which is its story, sound like the real story.”—The Washington Post Book World
Author : David Berlinski
Publisher : Discovery Inst
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 46,58 MB
Release : 2009-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780979014130
This book collects essays published in journals including Commentary, The Weekly Standard, and elsewhere. It centers on three profound mysteries: the existence of the human mind; the existence and diversity of living creatures; and the existence of matter. How they did they come into being? The author, Dr. David Berlinski, is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and formerly a fellow at the Institut des Hautes tudes Scientifiques in France. His other books include The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions, Newton's Gift, and A Tour of the Calculus.
Author : Monroe W. Strickberger
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780763738242
Author : Michael Ruse
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 2009-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674031753
Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings, from discoveries and data to philosophy and history, this book is the most complete, authoritative, and inviting one-volume introduction to evolutionary biology available. Clear, informative, and comprehensive in scope, Evolution opens with a series of major essays dealing with the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology, with major empirical and theoretical questions in the science, from speciation to adaptation, from paleontology to evolutionary development (evo devo), and concluding with essays on the social and political significance of evolutionary biology today. A second encyclopedic section travels the spectrum of topics in evolution with concise, informative, and accessible entries on individuals from Aristotle and Linneaus to Louis Leakey and Jean Lamarck; from T. H. Huxley and E. O. Wilson to Joseph Felsenstein and Motoo Kimura; and on subjects from altruism and amphibians to evolutionary psychology and Piltdown Man to the Scopes trial and social Darwinism. Readers will find the latest word on the history and philosophy of evolution, the nuances of the science itself, and the intricate interplay among evolutionary study, religion, philosophy, and society. Appearing at the beginning of the Darwin Year of 2009—the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species—this volume is a fitting tribute to the science Darwin set in motion.
Author : Alice Roberts
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,69 MB
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780241636923
This illustrated guide to human evolution brings you face-to-face with your ancient ancestors. Traveling back in time almost eight million years, the book charts the development of our species, Homo sapiens, from tree-dwelling primates to modern humans.