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Life Ascending
Profile 2009; US$ 15.98Powerful new research methods are providing fresh and vivid insights into the makeup of life. Comparing gene sequences, examining the atomic structure of proteins and looking into the geochemistry of rocks have all helped to explain creation and evolution in more detail than ever before. Nick Lane uses the full extent of this new knowledge to describe... more...
Organic Evolution
Himalaya Publishing House 2009; US$ 45.00During the past century the impact of the concept of Organic Evolution has been felt far beyond the domain of biology. So profound is this impact that it has come to influence the very fabric of human civilization. Viewed from the concept ~f Organic Evolution every organism inhabiting this planet assumes a significance which is fas- cinating and real.... more...
Evolutionstheorien in den Natur- und Sozialwissenschaften
Campus Verlag 2003; US$ 13.91Hauptbeschreibung Die Evolutionstheorie ist nicht nur ein zentrales Konzept der Biologie, sie hat das moderne Weltbild und das Selbstverständnis des Menschen geprägt. Sie war und ist jedoch auch Gegenstand heftiger Kontroversen in den Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften, vor allem hinsichtlich der Vererbung und der kognitiven und emotionalen Ausstattung... more...
Principles of Evolution
Springer 2011; US$ 64.99With contributions from a team of leading experts, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of recent achievements in our scientific understanding of evolution. The questions it asks concern the beginnings of the universe, the origin of life and the chances of its arising at all, the role of contingency, and the search for universal features in... more...
Wer sind wir? - Auf der Suche nach der Formel des Menschen
Springer 2011; US$ 47.99Anthropologie ist der Versuch des Menschen, nach seinem Wesen und seiner Natur zu fragen sowie seine Herkunft und M glichkeiten zu ergr nden. W hrend sich Philosophen schon immer mit diesem Thema besch ftigt haben, sind im 20. Jahrhundert viele Disziplinen hinzugekommen. Der Autor beschreibt anhand von 35 biografischen und werkanalytischen Er rterungen,... more...
What Darwin Got Wrong
Profile 2011; US$ 15.98Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini, a distinguished philosopher and scientist working in tandem, reveal major flaws at the heart of Darwinian evolutionary theory. They do not deny Darwins status as an outstanding scientist but question the inferences he drew from his observations. Combining the results of cutting-edge work in experimental... more...
The Naturalist and the Christ
John Hunt Publishing 2011; US$ 9.99This five-part Lent course draws on the life, work and religious struggles of Charles Darwin as depicted in the 2009 film 'Creation', a film based on the book 'Annie's Box' by Darwin's great-great-grandson Randal Keynes. This compelling and accessible Lent course looks at questions of great importance to all Christians. Can God and evolution co-exist?... more...
ESSENTIAL SHIT - Bollock's! Why didn't I think Of That?
F+W Media 2011; US$ 11.99From the invention of the electric chair to the less offensive post-it note, "Bollocks! Why Didnt I Think of That?" features 101 clever inventions we could no longer imagine life without. Each ingenious invention comes complete with its history and handy trivia - I bet you you didn't know early Romans used porcupine quills as tooth-picks? Or that 1,000,000,000... more...
Why Evolution Works (and Creationism Fails)
Rutgers University Press 2009; US$ 21.95Focusing on what other books omit, how science works and how pseudoscience works, Matt Young and Paul K. Strode demonstrate the futility of "scientific" creationism. They debunk the notion of intelligent design and other arguments that show evolution could not have produced life in its present form. Concluding with a frank discussion... more...
Why Evolution is True
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 13.99For all the discussion in the media about creationism and 'Intelligent Design', virtually nothing has been said about the evidence in question - the evidence for evolution by natural selection.Yet, as this succinct and important book shows, that evidence is vast, varied, and magnificent, and drawn from many disparate fields of science. The... more...









