Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design57 reviews Michael Shermer Times Books, 2006 A Superb, Quite Insightful, Primer on the so-called "Evolution vs. Intellligent Design Debate" + Intelligent design is neither + A great book about Darwin and evolution + If you doubt evolution, read this book + Indeed Darwin's science contribution does matter             I Am a Strange Loop75 reviews Douglas R. Hofstadter Basic Books, 2007 I Am A Strange Loop + Let's just let the boy-in-the-man play How real is X to you...the moment you start taking X for granted, then it would seem you would consider X's reality highly dubious. This, a book of analogies and metaphors, presents a plethora of academic notions in a down to earth way, spinning science subjects such as physics, mathematics at ...             Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment66 reviews Deepak Chopra HarperOne, 2007 Fantastic Read + Deepak Chopra succeeds in putting his own spin on this ancient story. + Enchanting + Inspirational Fiction             Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values528 reviews Robert M. Pirsig HarperTorch, 2006 Couldn't put it down. + Neat + About this book + A book about overcoming intellectualism and becoming whole             Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life83 reviews Thich Nhat Hanh Bantam, 1992 Every word makes every day better + Peace is Within + Wow! + Required Reading for All World Leaders + Peace and Happiness Easy to Attain             The God Delusion1283 reviews Richard Dawkins Houghton Mifflin, 2006 An Atheist Handbook + A Waving Banner of Human Thought + Not for a light reading + Must read!             The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions48 reviews Karen Armstrong Anchor, 2007 Lucid reading + Intruiging exploration of our religious past Extremely well-written record of the Axial ages, of the Axial people and the Axial spirituality. This book traces the history of the Aryans, the vedic people in India; the Greeks and their times; the Jews and their spirituality and rituals; the Chinese people and their history. This book is the ...             The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design342 reviews Richard Dawkins W. W. Norton, 1996 The Blind Watchmaker + A good Dawkins primer + Why Does Blind Produce Design? + Excellent book + A Good Introduction To and Defense of Evolution             The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality210 reviews Brian Greene Vintage, 2005 Fascinating + "The Entropic Arrow Of Time Is Double-Headed." + Wonderous + GREENE GREAT, AMAZON WEBMASTER SUCKS + Simply Fascinating             The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief302 reviews Francis S. Collins Free Press, 2006 An Honest Discussion by a Leading Scientist + Interesting synthesis of science and religion + Not Convinced Yet Francis Collins is perhaps the world's leading scientist. His writing defeats the myth that science and religion are not compatible. They actually are similar in methodology and in their concern for truth.             The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason836 reviews Sam Harris W. W. Norton, 2005 It actually worked! + Anti-theism without explicit atheism plus 9/11 causation revealed + From a former christian + Well worth it - even after reading Dawkins, Dennett and Hitchens             The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God57 reviews Carl Sagan Penguin Press HC, The, 2006 Brilliant + Buy this book! + Better Than Dawkins + Another thought provoking book by Carl Sagan + The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God             Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama33 reviews Lama Dalai HarperOne, 1991 Hearbreaking + An intense account of the barbarism experienced in the name modernisation + Informative + Very Good Read on the Cultural Revolution + Great Book             The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark402 reviews Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan Ballantine Books, 1997 Don't believe Fundamentalist Propaganda! + Sagan is one of the greatest of Americans + Skepticism as a tool to protect our freedoms + A Classic About How Science Does (and Does Not) Work!             The Physics of Christianity30 reviews Frank J. Tipler Doubleday, 2007 WOW as in Far out Man! This book is probably one of the more fantastic books I have ever read. Mr Tipler takes us for a wild ride through the off the wall world of quantum physics in search of ways in which the core Christian miracles may have occured and doesn't hold back when he wishes to freak us out with a couple of ...             The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design93 reviews Jonathan Wells Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006 Excellent! + Smithy's take. + Clear thinking, or Moonie brainwash? You decide This is a very good book. If you wish a more scientific approach to ID, I would refer you to Michael Behe's "Edge of Evolution."             Man's Search For Meaning288 reviews Viktor E. Frankl Pocket, 1997 How to find happiness in a dismal situation + Fascinating; deeply moving... + Who has a why to live can bear any how... + Reality for today and yesterday + A fine, fine book!             Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon152 reviews Daniel C. Dennett Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Fills a niche. + A great treat from Dennett + Is It 'Breaking' the Spell or 'Casting' the Spell? A Brilliant Cognitive Philosopher casts his net! + Good work!             Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science28 reviews David Lindley Doubleday, 2007 God Not Only Plays Dice, She Cheats! + A Scientific History for Quantum + Disturbing Uncertainties + terrific read, short on physics + amuse and interesting             A Brief History of Time352 reviews Stephen Hawking Bantam, 1998 Transport yourself into possibility. + Highly recommended to everybody interested in Astronomy and Nuclear Physics This book absolutely recreates the wonder I felt looking at the stars as a child. Stephen Hawking has a knack like no other I have read in the science world of transporting the reader to a realm of humbling amazement and possibility. Pure genius bubbling over with dry humor that will never fail to ...