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Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution 13 reviews
Steve McIntosh
Continuum, 2007
For those who can't finish a Ken Wilber book . . .
+ The Integral Worldview is Flowering
+ A wonderful refinement of the integralist theory
+ Informative
+ Wow! from a Christian pastor
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Beyond Natural Selection (Bradford Books) 6 reviews
Robert Wesson
The MIT Press, 1993
The falsifiability of natural selection
+ A scientific argument against pure Darwinism
+ Yes -- but not Intelligent Design
+ Why has the Darwinist establishment ignored this book?
+ A must read for anyone interested in the origins of life
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Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe 25 reviews
Simon Conway Morris
Cambridge University Press, 2004
A cracker
+ Loaded Dice
+ Morris' Monumental Masterwork
+ A good "purely scientific" critique of neo-Darwinism
+ An original new perspective on life
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Darwin's Blind Spot: Evolution Beyond Natural Selection9 reviews
Frank Ryan
Houghton Mifflin, 2002
A look at Symbiosis and
+ no selfish gene?
+ Important new perspective on evolutionary biology
+ Editorial correction
+ Evolution beyond natural selection
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Not by Chance: Shattering the Modern Theory of Evolution70 reviews
Lee M. Spetner
Judaica Press, 1997
Genetics and Statistics: Enemies of Neo-Darwinian Evolution
+ devastating challenge to the NDT
+ Solid
Not By Chance uses two main things to shatter the Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution (NDT): information theory and statistical mathematics. Dr. Lee Spetner uses information theory to show that random mutations in the genome, the process that is the backbone of the NDT, have never been shown to add ...
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The Design Matrix: A Consilience of Clues9 reviews
Mike Gene
Arbor Vitae Press, 2007
Very nearly a top-tier ID book
+ Bioporn for Incestuous Playbunnies
+ A balanced view with thought-provoking ideas
+ Don't Bother Me With the Facts, I Just Won't Believe It
+ The middle path
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Trinity: The Scientific Basis of Vitalism and Transcendentalism 2 reviews
Stephen P Smith
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
In search of a new perspective on evolution
I found this a fun book, and a very audacious one, as it displays the author's considerable knowledge from philosophy to General Relativity and Eastern mysticism. A frequent contributor to this reviewer's blog on evolution, Darwiniana, Mr. Smith is also an acute critic of the reigning orthodoxy of ...
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Creative Evolution: A Physicist's Resolution Between Darwinism and Intelligent Design3 reviews
Amit Goswami
Quest Books, 2008
Goswami Does It Again
+ Its worth five stars
Quantum physicist and former professor Amit Goswami again demonstrates his ability to convey complex concepts in an understandable fashion. I believe that the gap between science and religion needs to be closed and I applaud another effort by Goswami to heal the rift.
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The Origins of Genome Architecture1 review
Michael Lynch
Sinauer Associates Inc, 2007
Original view on evolution
This book offers a non-conventional view on biological evolution, particularly that of animals, including humans. Solid molecular and population genetic analysis reveal that evolution of higher eukaryotes are realised predominantly by genetic drift of pseudo neutral mutations rather than by ...
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The Phenomenon of Man30 reviews
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Harper Perennial, 1976
Teilhard de Chardin
+ way ahead of his time
+ Teilhard de Chardin is a must read for those in conflict.
+ The Phenomenon of Man
+ Teilhard Is More Relevant Today
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The Emergence of Everything: How the World Became Complex17 reviews
Harold J. Morowitz
Oxford University Press, USA, 2004
Complexity, Past, Present, & Future...
+ "Emergence" explained and applied
+ Emerging complexity
Emergence, as a scientific counterpoint to reductionism could be a dull subject in the hands of a less deft observer of the world. In the hands of Professor Morowitz the subject comes alive with scientific detail and a thoughtful perspective.
Professor Morowitz divides the history of the ...
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Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life ...11 reviews
Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb
The MIT Press, 2006
A wonderful eye-opener regarding epigentic inheritance
+ The opposite of the opposite conjecture
+ Well written, but unnecessarily long
+ Evolution in Four Dimensions
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Lamarck's Signature : How Retrogenes Are Changing Darwin's Natural Selection Paradigm (Helix Books Series)4 reviews
Edward J. Steele, Robyn A. Lindley, ...
Basic Books, 1999
Exciting new biology
+ Solid foundation, shaky building
+ yet another surprise from nature
+ Daring and instructive
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Vital Dust: Life As A Cosmic Imparative11 reviews
Christian De Duve
Basic Books, 1995
The story's in the details
+ Obviously nothing to argue with, but leaves beginning of life 'hanging'
+ Dr. de Duve tells it all!
+ Part brilliant, part rehashed
+ A brilliant compilation
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Biosemiotics: Information, Codes and Signs in Living Systems
Nova Science Publishers, 2007
This book presents contexts and associations of the semiotic view in biology, by making a short review of the history of the trends and ideas of biosemiotics, or semiotic biology, in parallel with theoretical biology. Biosemiotics can be defined as the science of signs in living systems. A principal and distinctive characteristic of semiotic biology lies in the understanding that in living, ...
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World History and the Eonic Effect: Civilization, Darwinism and Theories of Evolution, 3rd Edition7 reviews
John C. Landon
Xlibris Corporation, 2008
Landon's Mysterious Drumbeat
+ an astonishing range and depth / captivation
John C. Landon's "Word History and the Eonic Effect" is a worthy read for anyone interested in cultural evolution and theories of evolution. Historicism, the belief that history unfolds from universal laws (leading to a blind induction without remainder), is exposed as fraud. The best example of ...
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World History and the Eonic Effect: Civilization, Darwinism and Theories of Evolution, 3rd Edition7 reviews
John C. Landon
Xlibris Corporation, 2008
Landon's Mysterious Drumbeat
+ an astonishing range and depth / captivation
John C. Landon's "Word History and the Eonic Effect" is a worthy read for anyone interested in cultural evolution and theories of evolution. Historicism, the belief that history unfolds from universal laws (leading to a blind induction without remainder), is exposed as fraud. The best example of ...
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Trinity: The Scientific Basis of Vitalism and Transcendentalism2 reviews
Stephen P Smith
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
In search of a new perspective on evolution
I found this a fun book, and a very audacious one, as it displays the author's considerable knowledge from philosophy to General Relativity and Eastern mysticism. A frequent contributor to this reviewer's blog on evolution, Darwiniana, Mr. Smith is also an acute critic of the reigning orthodoxy of ...
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The Phenomenon of Man30 reviews
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Harper Perennial, 1976
Teilhard de Chardin
+ way ahead of his time
+ Teilhard de Chardin is a must read for those in conflict.
+ The Phenomenon of Man
+ Teilhard Is More Relevant Today
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Lamarck's Signature : How Retrogenes Are Changing Darwin's Natural Selection Paradigm (Helix Books Series)4 reviews
Edward J. Steele, Robyn A. Lindley, ...
Basic Books, 1999
Exciting new biology
+ Solid foundation, shaky building
+ yet another surprise from nature
+ Daring and instructive
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