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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God 12 reviews Carl Sagan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Carl Sagan Knows How To Reason Effectively
+ Why Dr. Sagan Was a Fulfilled Agnostic + The Varieties of Sagan's Experience + read it + Excellent Reading.
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The Diversity of Life 36 reviews Edward O. Wilson
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
A Good Introduction to the Tapestry Of Life
+ Great Book + The Diversity of Life + Second time round
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The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth 45 reviews Edward O. Wilson
W. W. Norton, 2006
Hey Mr. Wilson!!
+ Tells it like it is + A good, quick read.
Thanks for writing this book. It was truly inspiration for me. I don't write many reviews so I'm going to make this short and sweet. I'm about to start my last semester of college and will soon be receiving my B.A. in Psychology. However, I had no idea what I wanted to do with it afterwards.
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Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science 37 reviews Carl Sagan
Ballantine Books, 1986
The antidote to science class
+ For the Love of Knowledge Sagan is simply the best! + An Endorsement of the Rational + Excellent
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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (World As Home, The) 37 reviews Janisse Ray
Milkweed Editions, 2000
Thoughts from a Transplanted Cracker
+ Ecology of a Cracker Childhood + Musings on our many environments from a kindred spirit + LITERATE LOOK AT A TIME-WARP CHILDHOOD
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The Art of Natural History: Illustrated Treatises and Botanical Paintings, 1400-1850 (Studies in the History ...
NGW-Stud Hist Art, 2008
“Making knowledge visible” is how one 16th-century naturalist described the work of the illustrator of botanical treatises. His words reflected the growing role played by illustrators at a time when the study of nature had been assuming new authority in the world of learning. An absorbing exploration of the relationship between image and text, this collection considers how both aided ...
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Sociobiology: The Abridged Edition 2 reviews Edward O. Wilson
Belknap Press, 1980
Impressive
+ must read if intrested in zoology or evolution
Wilson really is one of the "twentieth centuries greatest thinkers." This is a dense and demanding publication requiring a scientifically literate audience. It covers basic concepts from altruism, selfishness, and spite; including communication, aggression, social roles, sex, and parenting from ...
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Nature Revealed: Selected Writings, 1949-2006 4 reviews Edward O. Wilson
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006
A Superb Collection ...
+ What an amazing scientist! + The Ultimate Naturalist
This is a superb collection of over sixty original scientific papers, book extracts and other articles by Ed Wilson, one of the all-time great scientists. Each article is placed into historical context with a new introduction by Wilson. Organized by major theme area rather than chronologically, the ...
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence 65 reviews Carl Sagan
Ballantine Books, 1986
The Dragons of Sagan
+ A must read book + One fo the best, and most important books ever written + Great Book + A Great Book by Carl Sagan
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Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History 13 reviews Stephen Jay Gould
W. W. Norton, 1992
His first essays were his best
+ Pretty good popular science for a Marxist + Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History + Stephen Jay Gould's First Great Natural History Essay Tome
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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God 12 reviews Carl Sagan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Carl Sagan Knows How To Reason Effectively
+ Why Dr. Sagan Was a Fulfilled Agnostic + The Varieties of Sagan's Experience + read it + Excellent Reading.
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Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History 13 reviews Stephen Jay Gould
W. W. Norton, 1992
His first essays were his best
+ Pretty good popular science for a Marxist + Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History + Stephen Jay Gould's First Great Natural History Essay Tome
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence 65 reviews Carl Sagan
Ballantine Books, 1986
The Dragons of Sagan
+ A must read book + One fo the best, and most important books ever written + Great Book + A Great Book by Carl Sagan
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Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science 37 reviews Carl Sagan
Ballantine Books, 1986
The antidote to science class
+ For the Love of Knowledge Sagan is simply the best! + An Endorsement of the Rational + Excellent
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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (World As Home, The) 37 reviews Janisse Ray
Milkweed Editions, 2000
Thoughts from a Transplanted Cracker
+ Ecology of a Cracker Childhood + Musings on our many environments from a kindred spirit + LITERATE LOOK AT A TIME-WARP CHILDHOOD
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The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth 45 reviews Edward O. Wilson
W. W. Norton, 2006
Hey Mr. Wilson!!
+ Tells it like it is + A good, quick read.
Thanks for writing this book. It was truly inspiration for me. I don't write many reviews so I'm going to make this short and sweet. I'm about to start my last semester of college and will soon be receiving my B.A. in Psychology. However, I had no idea what I wanted to do with it afterwards.
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Nature Revealed: Selected Writings, 1949-2006 4 reviews Edward O. Wilson
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006
A Superb Collection ...
+ What an amazing scientist! + The Ultimate Naturalist
This is a superb collection of over sixty original scientific papers, book extracts and other articles by Ed Wilson, one of the all-time great scientists. Each article is placed into historical context with a new introduction by Wilson. Organized by major theme area rather than chronologically, the ...
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Sociobiology: The Abridged Edition 2 reviews Edward O. Wilson
Belknap Press, 1980
Impressive
+ must read if intrested in zoology or evolution
Wilson really is one of the "twentieth centuries greatest thinkers." This is a dense and demanding publication requiring a scientifically literate audience. It covers basic concepts from altruism, selfishness, and spite; including communication, aggression, social roles, sex, and parenting from ...
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The Diversity of Life 36 reviews Edward O. Wilson
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
A Good Introduction to the Tapestry Of Life
+ Great Book + The Diversity of Life + Second time round
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The Art of Natural History: Illustrated Treatises and Botanical Paintings, 1400-1850 (Studies in the History ...
NGW-Stud Hist Art, 2008
“Making knowledge visible” is how one 16th-century naturalist described the work of the illustrator of botanical treatises. His words reflected the growing role played by illustrators at a time when the study of nature had been assuming new authority in the world of learning. An absorbing exploration of the relationship between image and text, this collection considers how both aided ...
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