ACOUSTIC TECHNICS
"For every change in a 'world' there is a corresponding change in the experiencer—the embodied human perceiver" From simple tools used by our ancient ancestors…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
THE RUNES OF EVOLUTION: HOW THE UNIVERSE BECAME SELF AWARE
Do we need another book on evolution? Although phrased somewhat differently, this is the question Simon Conway Morris asks, and answers positively by promising something…… Read More »
Creating Scientific Controversies
Subtitled 'uncertainty and bias in science and society', this is an important work bringing to bear insight from the philosophy of science to what Harker…… Read More »
What is Life?
Taking his cue from Erwin Schroedinger's book of the same title, Chris explores the origins and mechanisms of living systems based on a lifetime of…… Read More »
The Destiny of the Universe
The author is a geneticist working at the interface between science and religion – here he engages with the major questions of philosophy of science…… Read More »
Quantum Mind and Social Science
In this brilliant and seminal work, Alexander Wendt ambitiously transcends the assumption that consciousness and social life can be understood in terms of classical physics,…… Read More »
Making all Things New
Subtitled 'Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness', this impressive and erudite study is full of stimulating new ideas and connections between religion, spirituality and science. The author holds…… Read More »
Physics
J. L. Heilbronn is the editor of the Oxford Companion to the History of Science, a role that stands him in good stead when addressing…… Read More »
13.8
John Gribbin is one of the most engaging and informed of popular science writers who also has a very good grasp of the history of…… Read More »
On the Scent
The cover of this book features a steaming cup of coffee with the subtitle 'a journey through the science of smell' - a field in…… Read More »