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Islam's Quantum Question

Reconciling Muslim Tradition and Modern Science

by Nidhal Guessoum ...

In secular Europe the veracity of modern science is almost always taken for granted. Whether they think of the evolutionary proofs of Darwin or of spectacular investigation into the boundaries of physics conducted by CERN's Large Hadron Collider, most people assume that scientific enquiry goes to the heart of fundamental truths about the universe. Yet elsewhere, science is under siege. In the USA, ... Read more

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In secular Europe the veracity of modern science is almost always taken for granted. Whether they think of the evolutionary proofs of Darwin or of spectacular investigation into the boundaries of physics conducted by CERN's Large Hadron Collider, most people assume that scientific enquiry goes to the heart of fundamental truths about the universe. Yet elsewhere, science is under siege. In the USA,
... Read more
The Wrong Ape for Early Human Origins

The Chimpanzee as a Skewed Ancestral Model

by M. Kay Martin ...

The Wrong Ape for Early Human Origins examines ways in which the chimpanzee referential model has exerted a primary influence on evolutionary theory, dominating portraits of proto- and early human social life, and in the broader sense, of human nature itself. Evidence on which this model is based is revisited, along with new cross-disciplinary findings that point to alternative scenarios for ... Read more

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The Wrong Ape for Early Human Origins examines ways in which the chimpanzee referential model has exerted a primary influence on evolutionary theory, dominating portraits of proto- and early human social life, and in the broader sense, of human nature itself. Evidence on which this model is based is revisited, along with new cross-disciplinary findings that point to alternative scenarios for
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Reformed Theology and Evolutionary Theory

by Gijsbert Van den Brink ...

Many books aim to help beginners explore whether or not evolutionary science is compatible with Christian faith. This one probes more deeply to ask: What do we learn from modern evolutionary science about key issues that are of special theological concern? And what does Christian theology, especially in its Reformed expressions, say about those same key issues?Gijsbert van den Brink begins by ... Read more

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Many books aim to help beginners explore whether or not evolutionary science is compatible with Christian faith. This one probes more deeply to ask: What do we learn from modern evolutionary science about key issues that are of special theological concern? And what does Christian theology, especially in its Reformed expressions, say about those same key issues?Gijsbert van den Brink begins by
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They Is Us

by Tama Janowitz ...

Oryx & Crake meets Douglas Coupland. An unforgettable vision of the future of America.Years from now America finds itself split between the rich and the poor. The haves live in luxury within the small regions that remain unpolluted while the have-nots inhabit a toxic suburbia full of terrorism, crime and genetic mutations.Perhaps not all that different from today then?They Is Us tells the story of ... Read more

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Oryx & Crake meets Douglas Coupland. An unforgettable vision of the future of America.Years from now America finds itself split between the rich and the poor. The haves live in luxury within the small regions that remain unpolluted while the have-nots inhabit a toxic suburbia full of terrorism, crime and genetic mutations.Perhaps not all that different from today then?They Is Us tells the story of
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Three Views on Christianity and Science

by Paul Copan, Christopher L. Reese, Michael Ruse, Alister E. McGrath, Bruce L. Gordon, Zondervan ...

Series series Counterpoints: Bible and Theology
When it comes to relating Christianity to modern Western culture, perhaps no topic is more controversial than the relationship between Christianity and science.Outside the church, the myth of a backwards, anti-science Christianity is very common in popular culture and can poison the well before a fruitful dialogue can begin. Within the church, opposing viewpoints on the relation between ... Read more

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When it comes to relating Christianity to modern Western culture, perhaps no topic is more controversial than the relationship between Christianity and science.Outside the church, the myth of a backwards, anti-science Christianity is very common in popular culture and can poison the well before a fruitful dialogue can begin. Within the church, opposing viewpoints on the relation between
... Read more
The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis

The Most Credible Theory of Human Evolution

by Elaine Morgan ...

Why do humans differ from other primates? What do those differences tell us about human evolution? Elaine Morgan gives a revolutionary hypothesis that explains our anatomic anomalies: why we walk on two legs, why we are covered in fat, why we can control our rate of breathing? The answers point to one conclusion: millions of years ago our ancestors were trapped in a semi-aquatic environment. In ... Read more

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Why do humans differ from other primates? What do those differences tell us about human evolution? Elaine Morgan gives a revolutionary hypothesis that explains our anatomic anomalies: why we walk on two legs, why we are covered in fat, why we can control our rate of breathing? The answers point to one conclusion: millions of years ago our ancestors were trapped in a semi-aquatic environment. In
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How To Keep Dinosaurs

The perfect mix of humour and science

by Robert Mash ...

Perfect Christmas gift for any dinosaur enthusiast!'Who could resist a handbook about potential pets that has a little symbol for "likes children" and a separate one for "likes children to eat"... wonderful' GUARDIANHollywood and the popular press would have us believe that all dinosaurs are gigantic, hostile and untameable. In fact, there are many species that make charming and even useful ... Read more

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Perfect Christmas gift for any dinosaur enthusiast!'Who could resist a handbook about potential pets that has a little symbol for "likes children" and a separate one for "likes children to eat"... wonderful' GUARDIANHollywood and the popular press would have us believe that all dinosaurs are gigantic, hostile and untameable. In fact, there are many species that make charming and even useful
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Man's Place in Nature

by Thomas H. Huxley, Stephen Jay Gould ...

Series series Modern Library Science
Thomas H. Huxley was one of the first supporters of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and he did more than any other writer to advance its acceptance among scientists and nonscientists alike. His most famous book, Man’s Place in Nature, published only five years after Darwin’s The Origin of Species, offers a compelling review of primate and human paleontology, and is the ... Read more

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Thomas H. Huxley was one of the first supporters of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and he did more than any other writer to advance its acceptance among scientists and nonscientists alike. His most famous book, Man’s Place in Nature, published only five years after Darwin’s The Origin of Species, offers a compelling review of primate and human paleontology, and is the
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A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design

by Fr. Martin Hilbert ...

A faithful catechist in Fr. Martin Hilbert's parish came to see him. "Father Martin," she said, "I have been teaching children about Adam and Eve, just as the Catechism tells us. But we can't be expected to believe that, can we? What is the real story?" Her question was the catalyst for A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design. In taut, accessible prose, Fr. Hilbert draws upon his broad learning in ... Read more

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A faithful catechist in Fr. Martin Hilbert's parish came to see him. "Father Martin," she said, "I have been teaching children about Adam and Eve, just as the Catechism tells us. But we can't be expected to believe that, can we? What is the real story?" Her question was the catalyst for A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design. In taut, accessible prose, Fr. Hilbert draws upon his broad learning in
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Did God Make Us?

An investigation into the evidence for design in the human body and nature

by Iain Johnston ...

Did God make us? The answer to this question radically changes how we view ourselves and our life's purpose. This book is an engaging enquiry into these issues beginning with the anatomical evidence of the human body, our own face and our special senses Are our faces and personalities precisely made or simply the product of random chance? The Bible says that the evidence for God is "clearly seen ... Read more

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Did God make us? The answer to this question radically changes how we view ourselves and our life's purpose. This book is an engaging enquiry into these issues beginning with the anatomical evidence of the human body, our own face and our special senses Are our faces and personalities precisely made or simply the product of random chance? The Bible says that the evidence for God is "clearly seen
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A Different Kind of Animal

How Culture Transformed Our Species

by Robert Boyd ...

Series series The University Center for Human Values Series
How our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a speciesHuman beings are a very different kind of animal. We have evolved to become the most dominant species on Earth. We have a larger geographical range and process more energy than any other creature alive. This astonishing transformation is usually explained in terms of cognitive ability ... Read more

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How our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a speciesHuman beings are a very different kind of animal. We have evolved to become the most dominant species on Earth. We have a larger geographical range and process more energy than any other creature alive. This astonishing transformation is usually explained in terms of cognitive ability
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The Cheating Cell

How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer

by Athena Aktipis ...

A fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancerWhen we think of the forces driving cancer, we don’t necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked because the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell delves into this extraordinary relationship, and shows that by understanding cancer’s evolutionary ... Read more

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A fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancerWhen we think of the forces driving cancer, we don’t necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked because the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell delves into this extraordinary relationship, and shows that by understanding cancer’s evolutionary
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The Network of Life

A New View of Evolution

by David P. Mindell ...

Why evolution is like a network, not a family tree—and why it matters for understanding the health of all living thingsIn The Network of Life, David Mindell explains why the conventional narrative of evolution needs to evolve. Ever since Darwin, evolution has largely been thought to work like a family tree in which species are related through a series of branching events. But, today, a growing ... Read more

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Why evolution is like a network, not a family tree—and why it matters for understanding the health of all living thingsIn The Network of Life, David Mindell explains why the conventional narrative of evolution needs to evolve. Ever since Darwin, evolution has largely been thought to work like a family tree in which species are related through a series of branching events. But, today, a growing
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Human Evolutionary Biology

Edited by Michael P. Muehlenbein ...

Wide-ranging and inclusive, this text provides an invaluable review of an expansive selection of topics in human evolution, variation and adaptability for professionals and students in biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, medical sciences and psychology. The chapters are organized around four broad themes, with sections devoted to phenotypic and genetic variation within and between human ... Read more

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Wide-ranging and inclusive, this text provides an invaluable review of an expansive selection of topics in human evolution, variation and adaptability for professionals and students in biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, medical sciences and psychology. The chapters are organized around four broad themes, with sections devoted to phenotypic and genetic variation within and between human
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The Adam Quest

Eleven Scientists Who Held on to a Strong Faith While Wrestling with the Mystery of Human Origins

by Tim Stafford ...

Science and faith should be allies, not opponents, in the search for truth.But when it comes to understanding the very beginnings of life, it is no easy task to reconcile the history taught in the Bible with the discoveries of the scientific community.Author Tim Stafford watched the tension between the beliefs of Darwin and the teaching of Genesis shake the faith of his family, ruin friendships, ... Read more

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Science and faith should be allies, not opponents, in the search for truth.But when it comes to understanding the very beginnings of life, it is no easy task to reconcile the history taught in the Bible with the discoveries of the scientific community.Author Tim Stafford watched the tension between the beliefs of Darwin and the teaching of Genesis shake the faith of his family, ruin friendships,
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Evolution: Its nature, its evidence, and its relation to religious thought

Enriched edition. Exploring Evolution: Evidence, Impact, and Faith

by Joseph LeConte, Chloe Fields ...

In "Evolution: Its Nature, Its Evidence, and Its Relation to Religious Thought," Joseph LeConte navigates the intricate interface between evolutionary biology and religious belief. Written with clarity and precision, LeConte adopts a didactic literary style that is accessible yet intellectually rigorous, employing scientific evidence to advocate for evolution while addressing its philosophical and ... Read more

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In "Evolution: Its Nature, Its Evidence, and Its Relation to Religious Thought," Joseph LeConte navigates the intricate interface between evolutionary biology and religious belief. Written with clarity and precision, LeConte adopts a didactic literary style that is accessible yet intellectually rigorous, employing scientific evidence to advocate for evolution while addressing its philosophical and
... Read more
Finding Order In Nature

The Naturalist Tradition from Linnaeus to E. O. Wilson

by Paul Lawrence Farber ...

Series series Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in th
"Engaging . . . a concise work that gives the general reader a solid understanding . . . an excellent introduction to the history of natural history." — Library JournalSince emerging as a discipline in the middle of the eighteenth century, natural history has been at the heart of the life sciences. It gave rise to the major organizing theory of life—evolution—and continues to be a vital science ... Read more

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"Engaging . . . a concise work that gives the general reader a solid understanding . . . an excellent introduction to the history of natural history." — Library JournalSince emerging as a discipline in the middle of the eighteenth century, natural history has been at the heart of the life sciences. It gave rise to the major organizing theory of life—evolution—and continues to be a vital science
... Read more
On the Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin ...

"There is grandeur in this view of life." In 1859, Charles Darwin published a book that would forever alter the course of human thought. On the Origin of Species introduced the world to the concept of Natural Selection—the process by which populations of living organisms adapt and change. Moving away from the static view of nature, Darwin presented a world of constant, slow, and magnificent ... Read more

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"There is grandeur in this view of life." In 1859, Charles Darwin published a book that would forever alter the course of human thought. On the Origin of Species introduced the world to the concept of Natural Selection—the process by which populations of living organisms adapt and change. Moving away from the static view of nature, Darwin presented a world of constant, slow, and magnificent
... Read more
No seas neandertal

y otras historias sobre la evolución humana

by Shin-Young Yoon, Sang-Hee Lee ...

Translated by Joandomènec Ros i Aragonès ...

En este fascinante best seller internacional, la paleoantropóloga coreana Sang-Hee Lee explora y cuestiona algunas de las asunciones evolutivas más importantes con resultados del todo inesperados.¿Qué información pueden darnos unos dientes fosilizados sobre la esperanza de vida de nuestros ancestros?¿Fue la agricultura un paso en falso en la evolución humana?¿Cómo pueden unas simples comparaciones ... Read more

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En este fascinante best seller internacional, la paleoantropóloga coreana Sang-Hee Lee explora y cuestiona algunas de las asunciones evolutivas más importantes con resultados del todo inesperados.¿Qué información pueden darnos unos dientes fosilizados sobre la esperanza de vida de nuestros ancestros?¿Fue la agricultura un paso en falso en la evolución humana?¿Cómo pueden unas simples comparaciones
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An Ape's View of Human Evolution

by Peter Andrews ...

Our closest living relatives are the chimpanzee and bonobo. We share many characteristics with them, but our lineages diverged millions of years ago. Who in fact was our last common ancestor? Bringing together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology, this book provides a new perspective on human evolution. What can fossil apes tell us about the origins of human evolution? Did the last ... Read more

$47.59 USD

Our closest living relatives are the chimpanzee and bonobo. We share many characteristics with them, but our lineages diverged millions of years ago. Who in fact was our last common ancestor? Bringing together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology, this book provides a new perspective on human evolution. What can fossil apes tell us about the origins of human evolution? Did the last
... Read more
The Descent of Man

PART I

by Charles Darwin ...

Series Book 1 - The Descent of Man
"The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, "On The Origin of Species". In "The Descent of Man", Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection. The book discusses ... Read more

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"The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, "On The Origin of Species". In "The Descent of Man", Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection. The book discusses
... Read more
Mormonism and Evolution: The Authoritative LDS Statements

by William E. Evenson, Duane E. Jefrey, ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon Church) has generally been viewed by the public as anti-evolutionary in its doctrine and teachings. But official statements on the subject by the Church’s highest governing quorum and/or president have been considerably more open and diverse than is popularly believed.This book compiles in full all known authoritative statements (either ... Read more

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon Church) has generally been viewed by the public as anti-evolutionary in its doctrine and teachings. But official statements on the subject by the Church’s highest governing quorum and/or president have been considerably more open and diverse than is popularly believed.This book compiles in full all known authoritative statements (either
... Read more
Pocket Ecology

by Rumi Michael Leigh ...

Series series Things You Should Know
Are you curious about the essential concepts of ecology? Do you want to expand your understanding of the natural world, from ecosystems to environmental interactions, in a straightforward and engaging format? "Pocket Ecology: Things You Should Know (Questions and Answers)" is the perfect resource for anyone interested in learning about the basics of ecology in a concise, accessible manner.This ... Read more

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Are you curious about the essential concepts of ecology? Do you want to expand your understanding of the natural world, from ecosystems to environmental interactions, in a straightforward and engaging format? "Pocket Ecology: Things You Should Know (Questions and Answers)" is the perfect resource for anyone interested in learning about the basics of ecology in a concise, accessible manner.This
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Sociobiology

The New Synthesis, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

by Edward O. Wilson ...

When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Although voted by officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society the most important book on animal behavior of all time, Sociobiology is probably more widely known as the object of bitter attacks by social scientists and ... Read more

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When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Although voted by officers and fellows of the international Animal Behavior Society the most important book on animal behavior of all time, Sociobiology is probably more widely known as the object of bitter attacks by social scientists and
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