Dinosaur in a Haystack
Author: Stephen Jay Gould
Three themes combined – one palaeontological, one human and one theoretical and historical – in a discussion of the Burgess Shale, a 530 million year old fossil unique in age, preservation and diversity…..Read More
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Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors
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Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
In Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life Daniel C. Dennett argues that the theory of evolution can demystify the miracles of life without devaluing our most cherished… Continue Reading Posted in: Biological Evolution, Biology, Criticism And Interpretaion, History & Surveys of Philosophy, Philosophy History & Survey
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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Mother Night
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