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  • Purpose & Desire

    What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It

    Can biology define life? "[An] ingenious mixture of science and philosophy. . . . highly thought-provoking." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)In this book a professor, biologist, and physiologist argues that modern Darwinism's materialist and mechanistic biases have led to a scientific dead end, unable to define what life is—and only an openness to the qualities of purpose and desire will move the ... Leer más

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  • The Tinkerer's Accomplice

    How Design Emerges from Life Itself

    A physiologist presents a provocative and scientifically rigorous new perspective on Darwinism, design, and why the living world works so well.When they contemplate nature, they see evidence of design at work. So it is jarring when biologists insist that this perception is all wrong. What most people see as design, they say—purposeful, directed, even intelligent—is only an illusion. But in these ... Leer más

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    Purpose and Desire

    What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It

    Narrado por Greg Tremblay ...

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    A professor, biologist, and physiologist argues that modern Darwinism's materialist and mechanistic biases have led to a scientific dead end, unable to define what life is—and only an openness to the qualities of "purpose and desire" will move the field forward.J. Scott Turner contends, "To be scientists, we force ourselves into a Hobson's choice on the matter: accept intentionality and ... Leer más

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    At the end of the First World War, Britain, and to a much lesser extent France, created the modern Middle East. The possessions of the former Ottoman Empire were carved up with scant regard for the wishes of those who lived there. From the outset, the project was destined to fail.Conflicting and ambiguous promises had been made to the Arabs during the war but were not honored. Brief hopes for Arab ... Leer más

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    Germania

    In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

    de Simon Winder ...
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    Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of beer, Simon Winder was happily swinging his legs when a couple from Rottweil politely but awkwardly asked: "So: why are you here?"This book is an attempt to answer that question. Why spend time ... Leer más

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  • Dragons of Eden

    Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

    de Carl Sagan ...
    “A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . It's a delight.”—The New York TimesDr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends—and their amazing links to recent discoveries.“How ... Leer más

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  • The Brain

    Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs

    "An engaging and complex examination of the development of the human brain throughout its evolutionary history" ( Publishers Weekly).After several million years of jostling for ecological space, only one survivor from a host of hominid species remains standing: us. Human beings are extraordinary creatures, and it is the unprecedented human brain that makes them so.In this delightfully accessible ... Leer más

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  • Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo

    The New Science of Evo Devo

    “A beautiful and very important book.”—Lewis Wolpert, American ScientistFor over a century, opening the black box of embryonic development was the holy grail of biology. Evo Devo—Evolutionary Developmental Biology—is the new science that has finally cracked open the box. Within the pages of his rich and riveting book, Sean B. Carroll explains how we are discovering that complex life is ironically ... Leer más

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  • The Brain

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    How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind. Chapters tackle subjects ... Leer más

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  • The Custom-Made Brain

    Cerebral Plasticity, Regeneration, and Enhancement

    Two leading neuroscientists examine how the brain is in flux and how this applies to addressing neurological, cognitive, and emotional health.Beginning with a survey of the fundamental scientific developments that led to our current understanding of the regenerative mind, the authors elucidate the breakthrough neurobiological studies that paved the way for our present understanding of the brain's ... Leer más

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  • The Lives of a Cell

    Notes of a Biology Watcher

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    Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdependence of all things. Extending beyond the usual limitations of biological science and into a vast and wondrous world of hidden relationships, this provocative book explores in personal, poetic essays to topics such as computers, germs, language, music, death, ... Leer más

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  • Biology for the IB MYP 4 & 5

    By Concept

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