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At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
Published: 1996-11-21
Paperback: 336 pages
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A major scientific revolution has begun, a new paradigm that rivals Darwin's theory in importance. At its heart is the discovery of the order that lies deep within the most complex of systems, from the origin of life, to the workings of giant corporations, to the rise and fall of great civ...
Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not
Published: 2013-10-01
Paperback: 354 pages
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The battle between religion and science, competing methods of knowing ourselves and our world, has been raging for many centuries. Now scientists themselves are looking at cognitive foundations of religion--and arriving at some surprising conclusions. Over the course of the past two decade...
Trying Biology: The Scopes Trial, Textbooks, and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools
Published: 2013-05-21
Hardcover: 200 pages
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In Trying Biology, Adam R. Shapiro convincingly dispels many conventional assumptions about the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial. Most view it as an event driven primarily by a conflict between science and religion. Countering this, Shapiro shows the importance of timing: the Scopes trial oc...
Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?
Published: 2003-05
Hardcover: 268 pages
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A respected archaeologist's engaging, revealing take on ancient Israel For centuries the Western tradition has traced its origins back to ancient Israel. But recently some historians and archaeologists have questioned the historical truth of Israel as it is described in biblical literature. Are the biblical...
The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts
Published: 2003-11-06
Paperback: 352 pages
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According to the Bible, ancient Israel's neighbors worshipped a wide variety of gods. In recent years, scholars have sought a better understanding of this early polytheistic milieu and its relation to Yahweh, the God of Israel. Drawing on ancient Ugaritic texts and looking closely at Ugaritic deities,...
The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot (A New Look At Betrayer and Betrayed)
Published: 2006
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Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
Published: 2005-09-15
Paperback: 320 pages
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The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine,...
My Brief History
Published: 2013-09-10
Hardcover: 144 pages
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERStephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, perhaps the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inward for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evol...
The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics
Published: 2014-09-02
Hardcover: 400 pages
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The story of the global search for moral truthsIn this remarkable and groundbreaking book, Kenan Malik explores the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, from Homer’s Greece to Mao’s China, from ancient India to modern America. It tells the stories of the g...
The Lady with All the Answers - Acting Edition
Published: 2006-11-17
Paperback: 72 pages
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