Enlightenment NOW: the case for reason, science, humanism and progress
Nicholas Maxwell writes: This is in many ways a terrific book from which I have learnt much. But it is also deeply flawed. Science and…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
A Different Kind of Animal
Based on the Tanner Lectures given in Princeton, this wide-ranging book argues that cultural evolution and adaptation are the primary factors responsible for human dominance…… Read More »
The Ascent of John Tyndall
This highly readable and fascinating biography is the first for over 70 years of John Tyndall (1822 – 1893) a Victorian scientist who was also…… Read More »
PATHWAYS OF CHANCE
As readers will be aware, David Peat died in the summer – on the same day as Jung – before he was able to take…… Read More »
Science and Spiritual Practices
One of the strategic effects of investment by the John Templeton Foundation has been extensive research into spiritual qualities and their relationship to health and…… Read More »
The River of Consciousness
Many of you will be aware of the work of the late Dr Oliver Sacks, who sadly died in August, 2015. Among his most celebrated…… Read More »
The Night Sky – Soul and Cosmos
The first edition of this epic study dates back to 1982, well before I met the author in the late 1990s. It undertakes the daunting…… Read More »
Measures of Genius
A fascinating book about scientists who gave their name to units of measure, while also introducing the reader to the whole history of measurement, including…… Read More »
The Believing Scientist
Stephen Barr writes as a theoretical physicist and Catholic about a wide range of issues in science and religion, drawing on his extensive work over…… Read More »
Genes, Determinism and God
In this magisterial elaboration of his St Andrews Gifford Lectures, Denis Alexander critically explores the implications of advances in developmental biology and genetics for the…… Read More »