Category: Books of interest
New book: The left’s stealth war to redefine science
| October 2, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, News, Science |
“That partisanship has brought with it a willingness to discard science that refutes pet ideological causes appealing to the left. ” more
Does the Constructal Law Give Evidence of Design?
| July 17, 2012 | Posted by johnnyb under Biophysics, Books of interest, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics, Spirituality, Video |
In Bejan’s “Design in Nature”, Bejan promotes what he calls the “constructal law,” which states, “For a finite-size system to persist in time (to live), it must evolve in such a way that it provides easier access to the imposed currents that flow through it.” Bejan has denied that this relates at all to any… more
First chapter of evolutionary biology text free for download on iPad app.
| July 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, News |
“Science writer Carl Zimmer and evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen have teamed up to write a textbook intended for biology majors that will inspire students” more
Climate scientists should ramp up the rhetoric to sway public opinion – science writer
| May 23, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Climate change, Intelligent Design, News, Science |
Something is missing from this picture. Going bad didn’t make the science stars good; it just didn’t stop them from winning. more
Nothing to see here? New book might change that – Peter Woit
| May 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, News |
“While the argument between Krauss, Albert and their fellow combatants was mind-numbingly dumb, boring, narrow, petty and ill-mannered, Holt’s discussion of the topic is brilliant, … ” more
Geek CEO likes Dembski and Colson’s Design Revolution
| May 11, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Intelligent Design |
“Intelligent Design attempts to understand the evidence for intelligence in the natural world. The nature and, in particular, the moral characteristics of that intelligence constitute a separate inquiry.” more
Whale evolution time frame too narrow for a Darwinian process …
| April 27, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, News |
“… multiple feats of anatomical novelty, innovative engineering and genetic rewiring necessary … ” more
Moran’s history of the Darwin vs. design culture wars mostly leaves OUT both ASA and ID?
| April 13, 2012 | Posted by O'Leary under American Scientific Affiliation, Books of interest, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News |
“entirely absent from Moran’s book, as are, for another example, many of the lead players in the Intelligent Design movement … ” more
Textbook wars: The fact that something evolved does not mean that Darwinism caused it
| March 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Intelligent Design, science education |
By the way, an equally interesting example is the praying mantis that looks like dropped petals. more
The Darwin Economy: The frightening mind of the technocrat
| February 27, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Culture, Darwinism, News |
“Frank’s conflation of human and animal behaviour leads directly to his implicit denigration of politics.” more
New ID-friendly book released in Germany
| February 26, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Intelligent Design, News |
Authors include Reinhard Junker, a prominent German ID-friendly biologist. more
Religion and warfare: John “End of Science” Horgan’s view
| January 14, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Books of interest, Culture, News |
“Richard Dawkins, for example, would be very happy to say that religion is the cause of evil and violence in the world, but that claim doesn’t really hold up to scrutiny.” more
Why we shall have to wait for a real biography of Stephen Hawking
| January 14, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Cosmology, News |
“Perhaps he really is just a permanently upbeat and sunny chap. On the other hand, …” that’s highly unlikely. more
Books you were waiting to buy on Kindle
| January 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, News |
Check prices. Wow! Not clear why this didn’t happen before. more
David Tyler: John Lennox has some hard questions for Stephen Hawking …
| January 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, News |
“Science is a rational activity, as is also philosophy and theology. Lennox finds a link between all three disciplines.” more
Jacques Barzun: “Once the word ‘selection’ was used, no other course was possible, than that of personifying Nature”
| January 4, 2012 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Darwinism, News |
“The same injection of a selecting mind into natural affairs led to picturing animals as constantly at each other’s throats.” more
New edition of Darwin’s banished co-theorist Wallace’s work contains previously unavailable essay
| November 17, 2011 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Intelligent Design, News |
The only extant copy of the essay was held by Edinburgh University Library, as part of Wallace’s original personal library, and a transcript was prepared from a scan, for publication. more
New scholarly neuroscience books question simple materialist theories of mind
| November 13, 2011 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience, News |
He introduces us to two thoughtful new books questioning the deafening quackery. more
What if the mind is the TV station and the brain is the set?
| October 9, 2011 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience, News |
If people don’t like the show, it goes off the air If someone throws a brick through the screen … more
Groothuis: “ Darwinism is terribly overrated scientifically. ”
| October 6, 2011 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Christian Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News |
This is all useful for Christians to keep in mind when we hear Christian Darwinists claim we can be just as good Christians if we believe what Darwin believed about life. more
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