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The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
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9.7 |
Inheriting the mantle of revolutionary biologist from Darwin, Watson, and Crick, Richard Dawkins forced an enormous change in the way we see ourselves and the world with the publication of The Selfish Gene. Suppose, instead of thinking about organ
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Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme
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Current:
9.7 |
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
Richard Dawkins
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9.7 |
Richard Dawkins is not a shy man. Edward Larson's research shows that most scientists today are not formally religious, but Dawkins is an in-your-face atheist in the witty British style: I want t
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Daniel Clement Dennett
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Current:
9.7 |
In Consciousness Explained, Daniel Dennett insists on the importance of considering consciousness from the evolutionary point of view. Darwin's Dangerous Idea elaborates upon his theory of the evolution of consciousness, but also compendiou
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Ideas and Opinions
Albert Einstein
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Current:
9.7 |
A new edition of the most definitive collection of Albert Einstein's popular writings, gathered under the supervision of Einstein himself. The selections range from his earliest days as a theoretical physicist to his death in 1955; from such subjects as
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The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil
Paul, Dr Carus
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Current:
9.6 |
This intriguing, informative volume carries on where the Time and Newsweek stories left off: serving up a tantalizing trove of facts and lore on the philosophy and practice of evil down through the ages and around the world. Featuring bewit
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Daniel Clement Dennett
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Current:
9.5 |
In Consciousness Explained, Daniel Dennett insists on the importance of considering consciousness from the evolutionary point of view. Darwin's Dangerous Idea elaborates upon his theory of the evolution of consciousness, but also compendiou
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Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder
Richard Dawkins
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9.4 |
Why do poets and artists so often disparage science in their work? For that matter, why does so much scientific literature compare poorly with, say, the phone book? After struggling with questions like these for years, biologist Richard Dawkins has taken
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Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
M. Mitchell Waldrop
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9.4 |
Science magazine reporter Waldrop introduces researchers--rebellious graduate students, Nobel laureates, and pragmatic businessmen--who are formulating surprising answers to complex questions about the universe. Line drawings.
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Mood Genes: Hunting for Origins of Mania and Depression
Samuel H. Barondes
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Current:
9.3 |
It's official. Our tendencies to be happy or sad come in part from our genes. Samuel H. Barondes is a neurobiologist and psychiatrist at the University of California, San Francisco, and his direct involvement with the subject lends friendly authority to
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan
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Current:
9.2 |
Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.
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The Society of Mind
Marvin L. Minsky
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Current:
9.1 |
For some artificial intelligence researchers, Minsky's book is too far removed from hard science to be useful. For others, the high-level approach of The Society of Mind makes it a gold mine of ideas waiting to be implemented. The author, one of t
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The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain
Terrence W. Deacon
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Current:
8.9 |
Terrence Deacon's The Symbolic Species begins with a question posed by a 7-year-old child: Why can't animals talk? Or, as Deacon puts it, if animals have simpler brains, why can't they develop a simpler form of language to go with them? Thus begin
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The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain
Terrence W. Deacon
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8.8 |
Terrence Deacon's The Symbolic Species begins with a question posed by a 7-year-old child: Why can't animals talk? Or, as Deacon puts it, if animals have simpler brains, why can't they develop a simpler form of language to go with them? Thus begin
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God, Religion and Reality
Stephen R. L. Clark
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8.6 |
Stephen Clark uses philosophical enquiry to construct and defend an orthodox Christian theism that is intellectually and otherwise credible. He engages openly with contemporaries such as Don Cupitt and Richard Dawkins to offer a religion that "allows us
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The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett (Afterword)
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Current:
8.5 |
In this influential and controversial book that has become a classic in popular science writing, Dawkins furthers his fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. more]
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Ideas Have Consequences
Richard M. Weaver
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Current:
8.4 |
English professor and farmer Richard Weaver claims that the catastrophes of our age are the product of unintelligent choice, and the cure lies in man's recognition that ideas--like actions--have consequences. 5 cassettes. more]
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Le même et L'autre: Espace et rapports de pouvoir dans le roman français
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Current:
8.4 |
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Planetarium 57 - Meme Tequel Urbasin: Poesis
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Current:
8.3 |
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Les Morts Ont Tous LA Meme Peau
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Current:
8.3 |
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The Meme Machine
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Current:
8.2 |
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On Edge
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8.2 |
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Just Gotta Shout: Life Should Make You Shout
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Current:
8.1 |
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Meme Santerre: A French Woman of the People
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Current:
8.1 |
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Tramp steamers: a budget guide to ocean travel
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8.0 |
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Tramp Steamers: Discover the Romance of Luxury Liners, the Intrigue of the High Seas and the Excitement of Exotic Ports of Call, All at Bargain
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8.0 |
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Sport Massage: UN Programme Complet Pour Ameliorer LA Performance Et I'Endurance Dans 15 Sports Populaires
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8.0 |
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Les Beaux Arts Reduits a UN Meme Principe
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Current:
7.9 |
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Meme Mes Critiques Ratent LA Cible
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7.9 |
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Meme
(1976) An idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture