The Books Monitor

The Greatest Show on Earth

Richard Dawkins’s new book The Greatest Show on Earth: the Evidence for Evolution (which he describes as his “missing link”, presenting as it does the complete Darwinian case rather than – as in his earlier works – exploring parts in detail) gives the fact-rejecters their just deserts. He sets out to polish off their flummery. Dawkins compares creationists to Holocaust deniers and spoons, with relish, an acid sauce of mockery onto that absurd confection of half-baked ideas.

The book is full of evidence, some familiar and some new. Its case is presented in a manner succinct, clear and sometimes vivid. A meadow full of flowers – those sexual advertisements – is nature’s Piccadilly Circus. Creationists point out the absence of the “crocoduck” – the transitional form between modern reptile and modern bird supposedly needed if evolution is true – but Dawkins retaliates with the “octopard”: the ancient shared ancestor, not the living intermediate, of octopus and leopard. Thus thru above lines, Steve Jones hails Richard Dawkins's new book, which brings together his thinking on Darwin

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100 Per Cent Renewable

100 Per Cent Renewable: Energy Autonomy in Action

The greatest challenge of our time is to build a world based on the sustainable use of renewable power. Our massive dependence on fossil fuels has upset the very climatic system that made human evolution possible. A 100% renewable world is seen by many as an impossible dream in anything but the very long term. But not only does a growing number of initiatives and plans dare to make the change but many have already achieved it.

This rich collection presents a series of pioneering efforts and their champions, and the paths to their successes. Ranging from individuals to companies, communities and entire countries from around the world, it defeats tired economic and technical counterarguments, demonstrating how the schemes featured not only worked but did so economically and with available technology. The book is introduced by incisive research and writing by Peter Droege, explaining the challenges and setting forth a roadmap towards a 100% renewable reality.

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Evolution

Evolution is a new book on evolutionary biology that integrates molecular biology, genomics, and human genetics with traditional studies of evolutionary processes • Recommended as a primary textbook for undergraduate courses in evolution • Required reading for biologists seeking a clear, current, and comprehensive account of evolutionary theory and mechanisms • Written by experts in population genetics, bacterial genomics, paleontology, human genetics, and developmental biology • Integrates molecular and evolutionary biology in ways that reflect current directions in researc .

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Molecules That Changed the World

This delightfully designed book introduces the world's most important molecules and shows in a fascinating way the role certain compounds have to play in our everyday lives in the fields of drugs, aromatics or vitamins. For example, it tells the story of Aspirin, beginning 3,500 years ago in Egypt, through to its first synthesis and various applications with many entertaining facts and details. Printed in full color throughout and with its oversize format, this book is a must for every chemist, natural scientist and anyone interested in the sciences.


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Einstein: His Life and Universe

Albert Einstein is undoubtedly the most epic among 20th-century thinkers. The book is the first biography to tackle Einstein's enormous volume of personal correspondence that heretofore had been sealed from the public, and it's hard to imagine another book that could do such a richly textured and complicated life as Einstein's the same thoughtful justice.

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Albert Einstein - Online Access

The Einstein Archives Online provides the first online
access to Albert Einstein’s
scientific and non-scientific
manuscripts held by the 
Albert Einstein Archives at
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and to an extensive Archival Database, constituting
the material record of one of the most influential intellects in the modern era.

http://www.alberteinstein.info/

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