books about: evolution     books:       Parasite Rex : Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures56 reviews Carl Zimmer Free Press, 2001 Awesome book changes your outlook Another excellently-written work from Carl Zimmer. This book will give you a bad case of the creepy-crawlies in parts. It will also completely change your outlook on the nature of life, because you will learn that parasites are not really the gross, "devolved" hangers-on that most think of them as, but rather a vibrant, important part of the web of life... ... that is sometimes really ...             Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life20 reviews Nick Lane Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 Power, Sex & Suicide A review aimed at science teachers: Nick Lane's Power, Sex, Suicide. Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life (Oxford 2005, £10) provided me with every reason to wish I was still the same age as when Monty Python were in their heyday. I nearly poked a fellow Virgin passenger, deep in a Women's Weekly, in the ribs to exclaim, `Guess what! Did you know our endoplasmic reticulum is bacterial in ...             The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction40 reviews Ph.D., Robert T. Bakker Zebra, 1988 Astonishing dinosaurs Incredibly compelling book about the possible evolution of velociraptors into birds. Dinosaur Heresies goes beyond mere dinosaur evolution, however. As an enthusiastic gardener, I was bemused and delighted to learn of the powerful link between Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaurs and the rise of flowering plants, how it was BECAUSE of these saurian herbivores that we have flowering plants instead ...             The Ascent of Man31 reviews Jacob Bronowski Little Brown & Co (P), 1976 Inspired many copiers but is still the best... Previous reviews don't do Bronowski justice. He began as a mathematician; but after being sent to Hiroshima, as part of a team studying the aftereffects of the nuclear blast, he switched to biology. He was warm and articulate. A poet himself, he was one of the few people who truly understood the English poet William Blake, although (unlike most of his writing) his essays about Blake could use ...             Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You--And Your Waistline--And Drop the Weight ...28 reviews Steven R. Dr Gundry Crown, 2008 Its working! I have been on this diet for about a month. I have lost 12 pounds. I am not starving like I used to be when I was eating what I wanted. I have not had blood sugar swings. I did have a head ache for about the first week, but I feel better now than ever. My joints do not hurt as much. I have no gastrointestinal distress, and my thin hair is getting thicker. I can see the new hairs growing. ...             JimmyDOTcom : The Evolution of a Phan23 reviews Jackson Quigley St. Somewhere Press, 2000 JimmyDOTcom: The Evolution of a Phan by Jackson Quigley A parrot-heads `Alice in Wonderland". I over paid for an autographed copy of this book at our club's annual charity event, and have loved every page - A must for your collection. -Beverly Metzger, Chicago, IL.             Charles Darwin18 reviews Janet Browne Jonathan Cape, 2002 You must have it Un libro estupendo. Erudito ,informado , ameno y riguroso.¿Que mas podemos pedirle a Janet Browne?             Jennie's Reprisal: A Soul's Evolution from Atlantis to Eternity30 reviews Carol E. Bennett Chesapeake Moon Publishers, 2000 Compelling Case For Reincarnation JENNIE'S REPRISAL is one of the rare books that makes a compelling case for reincarnation. This book not only resonates with the truth that awaits us all, but gives us insight into our very existence.             Code Book the Evolution of Secrecy From254 reviews Simon Singh BANTAM DOUBLEDAY @ DELL, 0000 Cryptography 101 As always Simon Singn takes the reader on a fantastic trip through History. Filled with entertaining stories, puzzles and heroic events, the author skillfully covers the history of secret writing. If you liked his coverage of Fermat's Enigma then you will definitely enjoy this book. The prose is capturing, deep enough to fascinate technical readers and light enough to just entertain the casual ...             The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma v. Darwin in Small-town America18 reviews Lauri Lebo New Press, 2008 If you have time to read only one book about Dover...this is the one to read As would be expected with a story such as Kitzmiller v. Dover, there are a number of accounts that have been published. I've read several, including extensive magazine articles. With all due respect to the other authors, they were written by those who swept in to cover the story and then moved on to the next project. Lauri Lebo, on the other hand, lived in the area, covered the Dover school ...             Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World17 reviews Nick Lane Oxford University Press, USA, 2003 Another great book by Lane Although not quite as pulled together as "Power, Sex, Suicide", this is a wonderful account of modern biochemistry. There are fresh ideas on nearly every page and his writing is amazingly clear. I realized halfway through that there are very few diagrams in the text, yet I felt like I didn't need any; a rarity for any science book. It may be a little tough going if you haven't had some ...             Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History14 reviews Stephen Jay Gould Three Rivers Press, 1999 A basket of jewels Readers of Gould's other collections of science essays will be delighted with most of the material he presents here. With his usual scope and fine prose, he presents us with carefully researched and captivating subjects. All his essays are stimulating exercises in challenging traditional ways of thinking on a wide spectrum of subjects. The opening essay on Leonardo da Vinci provides a ...             Harmonicas, Harps and Heavy Breathers, Updated Edition: The Evolution of the People's Instrument17 reviews Kim Field Cooper Square Press, 2000 An Accomplished Work Hats off to Kim Field! This is a great book and a much needed one. His excellent research is augmented with great writing. Every harp player in the land should own one.             Darwin16 reviews Adrian Desmond, James R. Moore Michael Joseph Ltd, 1991 Excellent biography This is a thorough and well-written biography of Charles Darwin, with emphasis on the torment he suffered as his theory of evolution caused upheaval in the Church and in his own beliefs. Darwin suffered from a debilitating illness (gastro-intestinal in nature) almost his entire adult life. He was also a very emotional man--tears came easily to him. These are just a few of the things I found ...             Charles Darwin: The Power of Place: Power of Place v. 215 reviews Janet Browne Pimlico, 2003 An effortless and endlessly satisfying read Along with the rest of the well-deserved high praise that comes to Janet Browne's biography of Charles Darwin I would add, with others, that its most extraordinary aspect is its readability. Biographies are almost always irritating in some way or another--Browne's volumes are effortless in any genre, miraculous in the difficult work of biography. It's quite true that both _Voyaging_ and _Power ...             The crisis of the modern world14 reviews ReneÌ� GueÌ�non Luzac and Co, 1962 Rene Guenon and the Crisis of the Modern World. In perhaps his most important work, _The Crisis of the Modern World_, traditionalist thinker Rene Guenon outlines his philosophy and shows how the traditional outlook is opposed by modern developments. Guenon begins by noting that the modern world has brought about a crisis, conceived by many in terms of apocalypse and the "end times" (the coming dark age of the Kali Yuga in terms of Hindu ...             The Evolution of Physics14 reviews Albert Einstein Cambridge University Press, 1971 Science, history, and a bit of philosophy Physics can be difficult to learn when theories and formulae are thrown at you with no historical context. You begin learning about motion, and then electricity and magnetism, and it's almost impossible to see a coherent connection between the ideas. Many people have heard of relativity and quantum theory, but do not have even a general notion of what they aim to explain. Like mathematics, ...             The Neandertal Enigma : Solving the Mystery of Modern Human Origins16 reviews James Shreeve Harper Perennial, 1996 engrossing, all round exploration of the Neandertals This book is probably already outdated, but it is still a good read. Everything about the Neandertals, as the book make clear, is the subject of often heated controversy. The author does a good job of giving all sides in the story their say, even if the to-and-fro arguments make it hard to come to come to a conclusion. There's plenty of information here in a not too-hard-to-read book.             Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature16 reviews Robin Brande Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007 Important, importand book. If you love your children, and you love Science, and maybe you love God, then rush out and buy this book. Other people have mentioned what its about, but what its really about is finding that perfect balance between scientific knowledge and spiriruality. It's also about love, respect and honesty. And its a little about freedom of speech and integrity. If any of these things bother ...             Gateways to Now (Inner Life Series)14 reviews Simon & Schuster Audio, 2003 a new earth Even though I love to read, because of a life long engagement with ADD and insomnia,it is not often easy to obsorb or retain the contents of any book let alone one such as this. One that requires serious contemplation and quiet reflection. However I found this book to provide,a meaningful metamorphosis to this mecurial mind, a soothing serenity to my secluded spirit, and a sedative to my oft ...              search for books america, atlantis, bizarre, breathers, creatures, dangerous, dinosaur, dinosaurs, edition, eternity, evolution, extinction, gateways, harmonicas, heresies, instrument, jimmydotcom, leonardo, meaning, mitochondria, molecule, mountain, natural, neandertal, parasite, reprisal, small-town, theories, unlocking, waistline books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Arbeitsrecht. we recommend Awesome book changes your outlook Impressum - about us get your own free tagboard