DARWIN'S LEGACY
Dupré's questions in this book are, as he rightly says, large ones. He asks, `What does evolution tell us about ourselves? About our place in…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
LIVING WITH THE FLUID GENOME
'Hounded out' of her biology readership at the Open University, UK, Mae-Wan Ho is now director of the Institute of Science in Society and science…… Read More »
Living in Connection
This book builds on Chris Clarke's earlier book Reality Through the Looking Glass and provides a rigorous account of what is entailed by a participatory…… Read More »
The Case for a GM Free Sustainable World
This is the full version of the executive summary published in the last issue. It is the most succinct case available against the widespread introduction…… Read More »
The Earth - A Very Short Introduction
A very engaging addition to this excellent series from OUP. With his background as a geologist and skill as a science communicator, Martin brings the…… Read More »
Reductionism and the Development of Knowledge
A technical work that will interest philosophers of science, especially those concerned with how different forms of knowledge are constructed and how they relate to…… Read More »
Perspectives on an Evolving Creation
This is a scholarly collection of articles that finds its natural home in the US rather than in Europe. The main thrust of the book…… Read More »
From Newton to Hawking
Authors: Kevin C. Knox, Richard Noakes
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
Subtitled 'A History of Cambridge University's Lucasian Professors of Mathematics', this book is effectively a social history of mathematics and physics. It is named after…… Read More »
The Cambridge Companion to Darwin
Authors: Gregory Radick, Jonathon Hodge
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
Another very fine work on Darwin for generalist and specialist alike. The main organising themes are Darwin's theorising, historical contexts and philosophical themes. Of special…… Read More »
The Cambridge Companion to Pascal
Pascal was one of the greatest minds of his day, and a key figure in my study of French literature thirty years ago. This volume…… Read More »