Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge150 reviews Edward Osborne Wilson Vintage, 1999 Very Enlightening + Grand thesis, disappointing delivery + God's dream for Science + Reductionist Science and Transcendentalism             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             A Short History of Nearly Everything635 reviews Bill Bryson Broadway, 2004 A biography of the universe + A tour through history + 2000 Shock + Not really short, nor about everything, but worth the effort + like drinking out of a fire hose             The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology115 reviews Robert Wright Vintage, 1995 A self-help book + A Seminal Popularization of Evolutionary Psychology + tabula rasa be gone + Not Quite Moral + A very interesting point of view             The Structure of Scientific Revolutions118 reviews Thomas S. Kuhn University Of Chicago Press, 1996 Not Just for Those Interested in Science + Scientific Revolutions + Review of Kuhn + Exciting, elevated, and encouraging (to would be researchers)             Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science75 reviews Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont Picador, 1999 A book that debunks and should be read by all math and science people + A blow to irrational thought + Postmodern medicine that tastes good! In the depth and breadth of my reading, one of the topics that I find infuriating is when a writer cites a mathematical or scientific principle in a manner completely beyond the scope of the principle. When this is done, they are clearly demonstrating their ignorance of the concept and in many ...             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             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews Jared Diamond W. W. Norton, 2005 A profound and lasting classic + History; It's What's for Dinner + Fascinating! + Great subject and treatment - shakey science             God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist146 reviews Victor J. Stenger Prometheus Books, 2007 Relief + Best of its kind + A Pantheist's take on this book Believers will not be swayed by this book of rational arguments, of course, because they are not interested in separating history from mythology when it comes to their beliefs. Their faith is blind faith and most will defend it to the death, usually someone else'. So this book is not for them. ...             Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time158 reviews Michael Shermer Holt Paperbacks, 2002 Well thought out book showing how even smart people can believe weird things. + Why People Believe + So that explains it Well written easy to understand book about the psychology of how people (even smart people) can fall into common logical fallacies and come to wrong conclusions if they aren't careful. Must read.             The Structure of Scientific Revolutions118 reviews Thomas S. Kuhn University Of Chicago Press, 1996 Not Just for Those Interested in Science + Scientific Revolutions + Review of Kuhn + Exciting, elevated, and encouraging (to would be researchers)             The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology115 reviews Robert Wright Vintage, 1995 A self-help book + A Seminal Popularization of Evolutionary Psychology + tabula rasa be gone + Not Quite Moral + A very interesting point of view             Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science75 reviews Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont Picador, 1999 A book that debunks and should be read by all math and science people + A blow to irrational thought + Postmodern medicine that tastes good! In the depth and breadth of my reading, one of the topics that I find infuriating is when a writer cites a mathematical or scientific principle in a manner completely beyond the scope of the principle. When this is done, they are clearly demonstrating their ignorance of the concept and in many ...             A Short History of Nearly Everything635 reviews Bill Bryson Broadway, 2004 A biography of the universe + A tour through history + 2000 Shock + Not really short, nor about everything, but worth the effort + like drinking out of a fire hose             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             Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge150 reviews Edward Osborne Wilson Vintage, 1999 Very Enlightening + Grand thesis, disappointing delivery + God's dream for Science + Reductionist Science and Transcendentalism             God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist146 reviews Victor J. Stenger Prometheus Books, 2007 Relief + Best of its kind + A Pantheist's take on this book Believers will not be swayed by this book of rational arguments, of course, because they are not interested in separating history from mythology when it comes to their beliefs. Their faith is blind faith and most will defend it to the death, usually someone else'. So this book is not for them. ...             Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time158 reviews Michael Shermer Holt Paperbacks, 2002 Well thought out book showing how even smart people can believe weird things. + Why People Believe + So that explains it Well written easy to understand book about the psychology of how people (even smart people) can fall into common logical fallacies and come to wrong conclusions if they aren't careful. Must read.             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews Jared Diamond W. W. Norton, 2005 A profound and lasting classic + History; It's What's for Dinner + Fascinating! + Great subject and treatment - shakey science