The Story of Life
An acclaimed one-volume history of life on earth from the formation of the solar system to the present day. Human beings are characterised as 'able…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
The Essential David Bohm
Many readers will be familiar with the work of the physicist David Bohm FRS (1917-1992). This new compilation offers a thematic series of readings from…… Read More »
It Must be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science
An original concept - a series of essays written by world experts on the most important equations of their disciplines. Many are from physics but…… Read More »
The Gene Illusion
Subtitled 'Genetic Research in Psychiatry and Psychology under the Microscope', this books challenges the evidence cited in support of genetic theories in these fields. The…… Read More »
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Francis Bacon comes in for a lot of stick these days, much of which is unjustified, according to this new book by John Henry. Many…… Read More »
FABULOUS SCIENCE
The history of science, certainly as taught at school and undergraduate level, is usually seen as a clear upward curve of progress. Key points on…… Read More »
HEAD AND HEART
Victor Mansfield is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Colgate University, where he also teaches courses on Tibetan Buddhism and Jungian psychology. This book follows…… Read More »
THE EMERGENCE OF EVERYTHING: HOW THE WORLD BECAME COMPLEX
Can any 200 page book live up to the ambitious goal of considering everything? (Morowitz's title reminds me of Wilber's Brief History of Everything). Although…… Read More »
A New Physics of Homeopathy
It would be lovely to say Colin Lessell's latest book is a tour de force, a real thorough-going excavation into the science underlying homeopathy. Sadly,…… Read More »
A Mind so Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness
This is a book that takes on what the author calls the Hardliners who profess the irrelevance of the conscious mind and the illusory nature…… Read More »