I am not sure exactly why I chose to read this book. I an a professing Christian and sometimes enjoy reading others' viewpoints; believing that one can learn by seeing from the other side of the coin. This book really didn't provide any of those discussions that I was looking for. This book, t...
El libro comienza diciendo lo triste que es tener que escribir un libro explicando porque la evolucion es un hecho, siendo que 40% de los norteamericanos, y similar porcentaje en UK niegan los mas fundementales hechos de la evolucion y lageologia (ubican la tierra en 6,000 años, para coincidir co...
Considering people aren't of my greatest interests, but ideas; this is the first autobiography book I have ever read. But also considering this man left a great amount of influence on my character, on me discovering where I came from and what's my life purpose from a scientific point of view, it ...
Attraverso pochi esempi, banali per chi abbia un minimo di cultura scientifica, Dawkins intende dimostrare non solo che eventi quali i terremoti, l’arcobaleno, la varietà della natura, l’esistenza dell’uomo – in altre epoche attribuiti ai più variegati e fantasiosi miti – possono essere spiegati ...
প্রথম আলোতে হুমায়ুন আহমেদের একটা সাক্ষাৎকার পড়ছিলাম।সাক্ষাৎকারের এক পর্যায়ে সাংবাদিক জিজ্ঞেস করলেন,"আপনার কি মনে হয়,ঈশ্বর আছে?"হুমায়ূন এই অতি সিরিয়াস প্রশ্নের উত্তর সরাসরি দিলেন না। তিনি একটা অ্যানালজি দিয়ে তার উত্তর দিলেন।মনে কর,একটা মানুষ মঙ্গল গ্রহের মাটিতে হাঁটতেছে। কিছুদূর যাওয়ার পর সে তার স...
On 27 December 1831, a young naturalist by the name of Charles Robert Darwin set upon a voyage of discovery on the HMS Beagle which was to last five years and take him all over the globe. He came back with a lot of specimens, copious scientific notes and an explosive theory which was to rock the ...
This book is a collection of Dawkins's essays, book reviews, forewards, eulogies, letters, etc. from the past 25 years. The 32 essays are organized thematically into different sections such as "Science and Sensibility," which is Dawkins's magnificant ode to science and reason, and "The Infected ...
Red Strangers is the story of a Kikuyu village set at the time when the first European colonisers arrived in Kenya, and the changes that came with colonialism. In beautiful, exquisite prose Elspeth Huxley describes the ways of the Kikuyu, the pastures where young boys are herding the goats of the...
The meme is the latest addition to that old argument about nature versus nurture. To some it is an analogy which doesn’t bear scientific investigation, for others it is the multiplier effect allowing them to expand their work and apply for research support while they consider the broader signific...
What continues to impress me about Dawkins’ writing is his accessible style, with solid opening paragraphs and good chapter endings. So much so, that I was able to trace backwards his basic ideas presented in, “The Extended Phenotype,” and translate them from the language of phenotypes to epigene...
Yet the living results of natural selection overwhelmingly impress us with the appearance of design as if by a master watchmaker, impress us with the illusion of design and planning. The purpose of this book is to resolve this paradox to the satisfaction of the reader, and the purpose of this cha...