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Becoming an atheist

December 20, 2009 · 1 Comment

Book Review: Why I became an Atheist: Personal Reflections and Additional Arguments by John W. Loftus

Price: US$15.95
Paperback: 180 pages
Publisher: Trafford Publishing (November 7, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1425183794
ISBN-13: 978-1425183790

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I think this book is for [...]

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Environmental movement needs pragmatism

December 9, 2009 · 10 Comments

Book Review: Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand
Price: US$17.153
Hardcover: 336 page
Publisher: Viking Adult (October 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0670021210
ISBN-13: 978-0670021215
Stewart Brand is an invigorating and challenging writer. He has a long history in the environmental movement. His green credentials are undeniable. But he is not afraid to think outside the box. To challenge [...]

Tags: Environment and Ecology · SciBlogs · Science and Society · science

An Introduction to Evolution

November 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Book Review: The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution by Carl Zimmer
Price: US$43:16
Hardcover: 394 pages
Publisher: Roberts and Company Publishers; 1 edition (October 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0981519474
ISBN-13: 978-0981519470

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This Tuesday is the 150th anniversary [...]

Tags: Darwin · Science · book review · creationism · evolution · religion · science

This Hell would be useful!

November 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Book Review: The Infernova by S. A. Alenthony
Price: US$11.21
Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: Blackburnian Press (August 11, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0981967892
ISBN-13: 978-0981967899

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This book is a real gem. Anyone with a science or sceptical bent will [...]

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Defending science and reason

October 28, 2009 · 68 Comments

Book Review: The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason by Victor Stenger

Price: US$12.92
Paperback: 282 pages
Publisher: Prometheus Books (September 22, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591027519
ISBN-13: 978-1591027515

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This book is timely. The “New [...]

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Empathy’s origins

October 21, 2009 · 3 Comments

Book Review: The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society by Frans de Waal
Price: US$17.15
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Harmony (September 22, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307407764
ISBN-13: 978-0307407764

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Tags: SciBlogs · Science and Society · belief · book review · evolution · religion · science · supernatural · superstition

Why We Are Atheists

October 14, 2009 · 4 Comments

Book Review: 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists by Russell Blackford and Udo Schuklenk
Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (October, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405190469
ISBN-13: 978-1405190466
Price: US$26.95

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Wow! A book about atheism and it’s not written by Dawkins, [...]

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It’s all in the brain

October 9, 2009 · 1 Comment

Book Review: The Crucible of Consciousness: An Integrated Theory of Mind and Brain by Zoltan Torey

Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: The MIT Press; Reprint edition (June 30, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 026251284X
ISBN-13: 978-0262512848

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The scientific study [...]

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The naked emperor

September 27, 2009 · 63 Comments

It’s interesting how a simple word, a name or a book title can cause twitching in the knee area. I predicted we would see a rash of this syndrome with the publication of Richard Dawkins new book The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. We are going to see more of the syndrome [...]

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The philosophy wars

September 9, 2009 · 105 Comments

Book Review: Critique of Intelligent Design: Materialism versus Creationism from Antiquity to the Present by John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, and Richard York
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Monthly Review Press (November 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1583671730
ISBN-13: 978-1583671733

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