The Evolutionary Outrider
This remarkable book has been on my shelf far too long and deserves close reading by all interested in the evolution of consciousness and its…… Read More »
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
Electromagnetism and the Sacred
Subtitled 'At the Frontier of Spirit and Matter', this is a fascinating book about light or more specifically electromagnetic interaction (EMI) as an analogue of…… Read More »
Sense & Nonsense
Authors: Gillian R Brown, Kevin N Laland
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Science Philosophy of Science
Subtitled 'Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour', this is essential reading for those who want to understand the leading evolutionary approaches to psychological questions. The evolutionary…… Read More »
The Evolution Explosion
This is a seminal book written by a professor of biology at Harvard. Subtitled 'How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change' it should set alarm bells…… Read More »
OUR POSTHUMAN FUTURE
From the author of 'The End of History' comes a book on the prospective end of humanity as we know it as he peers into…… Read More »
Homage to Gaia
James Lovelock has been called many things in his long life, ranging from "mad inventor" to "holy fool" (although, as he remarks, "wholly fool" may…… Read More »
The Synaptic Self
This book comes from an impeccable source. Joseph LeDoux is the Director of the National Institute of Health in Washington USA and thus a powerful…… Read More »
Brain, Vision, Memory
Charlie Gross is distinguished for his discovery of face-selective neurons in the temporal cortex of primates, which he wittily describes in the final chapter of…… Read More »
Nature Loves to Hide
This is an ambitious book, that starts from quantum physics, incorporates Whitehead's process philosophy, and then suggests that some ideas from Plotinus are relevant to…… Read More »
Science, Order and Creativity
I suspect I am not alone in feeling that David Bohm has some extremely interesting ideas that I would like to understand, but also in…… Read More »