Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design

Signature in the Cell
Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design
Stephen C. Meyer (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars(339)

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Signature in the Cell is a defining work in the discussion of life’s origins and the question of whether life is a product of unthinking matter or of an intelligent mind. For those who disagree with ID, the powerful case Meyer presents cannot be ignored in any honest debate. For those who may be sympathetic to ID, on the fence, or merely curious, this book is an engaging, eye-opening, and often eye-popping read” — American Spectator

Named one of the top books of 2009 by the Times Literary Supplement (London), this controversial and compelling book from Dr. Stephen C. Meyer presents a convincing new case for intelligent design (ID), based on revolutionary discoveries in science and DNA. Along the way, Meyer argues that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution as expounded in The Origin of Species did not, in fact, refute ID. If you enjoyed Francis Collins’s The Language of God, you’ll find much to ponder—about evolution, DNA, and intelligent design—in Signature in the Cell.

  • Rank: #18810 in Books
  • Published on: 2010-06-22
  • Released on: 2010-06-22
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 9.02" h x 1.65" w x 5.98" l, 1.44 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 624 pages
  • Documents new evidence for God's signature in the cell DNA.
  • Signature in the Cell is the first book to make a comprehensive case for intelligent design based upon DNA.

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Categories: Religion and science. Contributors: Stephen C. Meyer - Author. Format: Paperback

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions

The Devil's Delusion
The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions
David Berlinski (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars(160)

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Militant atheism is on the rise. In recent years Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have produced a steady stream of best-selling books denigrating religious belief. These authors are merely the leading edge of a larger movement that includes much of the scientific community.In response, mathematician David Berlinski, himself a secular Jew, delivers a biting defense of religious thought. The Devil’s Delusion is a brilliant, incisive, and funny book that explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it is the ultimate touchstone for understanding our world.

  • Rank: #52614 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-09-22
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.27" h x .79" w x 5.51" l, .55 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 256 pages

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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

Spook
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
Mary Roach (Author)
3.4 out of 5 stars(181)

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"Equal parts Groucho Marx and Stephen Jay Gould, both enlightening and entertaining."—Sunday Denver Post & Rocky Mountain News

The best-selling author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers now trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul. What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that—the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. She begins the journey in rural India with a reincarnation researcher and ends up in a University of Virginia operating room where cardiologists have installed equipment near the ceiling to study out-of-body near-death experiences. Along the way, she enrolls in an English medium school, gets electromagnetically haunted at a university in Ontario, and visits a Duke University professor with a plan to weigh the consciousness of a leech. Her historical wanderings unearth soul-seeking philosophers who rummaged through cadavers and calves' heads, a North Carolina lawsuit that established legal precedence for ghosts, and the last surviving sample of "ectoplasm" in a Cambridge University archive.

  • Rank: #22087 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-10-17
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.15" h x .75" w x 5.47" l, .57 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 311 pages

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Categories: New York Times Notable Nonfiction of 2005, Afterlife->Comparative studies, Religion and science. Contributors: Mary Roach - Author. Format: Audiobook

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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Unabridged) - Author: Mary Roach; Narrator: Bernadette Quigley; Format: Audio Book (Digital Audiobook Download)

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Categories: New York Times Notable Nonfiction of 2005, Afterlife, Religion and science. Contributors: Mary Roach - Author. Format: Paperback

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design

Darwin's Doubt
Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design
Stephen C. Meyer (Author)

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  • Rank: #170511 in Books
  • Published on: 2013-06-04
  • Released on: 2013-06-04
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 1.02" h x 6.00" w x 9.00" l, 1.42 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 528 pages

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief

The Language of God
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
Francis S. Collins (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars(469)

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An instant bestseller, The Language of God provides the best argument for the integration of faith and logic since C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity . It has long been believed that science and faith cannot mingle. Faith rejects the rational, while science restricts us to a life with no meaning beyond the physical. It is an irreconcilable war between two polar-opposite ways of thinking and living. Written for believers, agnostics, and atheists alike, The Language of God provides a testament to the power of faith in the midst of suffering without faltering from its logical stride. Readers will be inspired by Collin’s personal story of struggling with doubt, as well as the many revelations of the wonder of God’s creation that will forever shape the way they view the world around them.

  • Rank: #3807 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-07-17
  • Released on: 2007-07-17
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 8.30" h x .80" w x 5.60" l, .67 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 294 pages

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An instant bestseller, The Language of God provides the best argument for the integration of faith and logic since CS Lewis?s Mere Christianity . It has long been believed that science and faith cannot mingle. Faith rejects the rational, while science restricts us to a life with no meaning beyo...

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Categories: 2007 Christopher Award->Books for Adults, Nonfiction, Religion and science. Contributors: Francis S. Collins - Author. Format: Paperback

Friday, February 22, 2013

Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

Proof of Heaven
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Eben Alexander (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars(3004)

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A SCIENTIST’S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then, Dr. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence makes us human—shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexander’s eyes popped open. He had come back. Alexander’s recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself. Alexander’s story is not a fantasy. Before he underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. Today Alexander is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition. This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.

  • Rank: #4 in Books
  • Published on: 2012-10-23
  • Released on: 2012-10-23
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: .70" h x 5.50" w x 8.30" l, .45 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 208 pages

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A SCIENTIST'S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then, Dr. Alexander's own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion--and in essence makes us human--shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexander's eyes popped open. He had come back. Alexander's recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself. Alexander's story is not a fantasy. Before he underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. Today Alexander is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition. This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.

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A SCIENTIST S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people. A highly trained neurosurgeon who had operated on thousands of brains in the course of his career, Alexander knew that what people of faith call the soul is really a product of brain chemistry. NDEs, he would have been the first to explain, might feel real to the people having them, but in truth they are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then came...

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science

Seven Days That Divide the World
Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science
John C. Lennox (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars(33)

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What did the writer of Genesis mean by 'the first day'? Is it a literal week or a series of time periods? If I believe that the earth is 4.5 billion years old, am I denying the authority of Scripture? In response to the continuing controversy over the interpretation of the creation narrative in Genesis, John Lennox proposes a succinct method of reading and interpreting the first chapters of Genesis without discounting either science or Scripture. With examples from history, a brief but thorough exploration of the major interpretations, and a look into the particular significance of the creation of human beings, Lennox suggests that Christians can heed modern scientific knowledge while staying faithful to the biblical narrative. He moves beyond a simple response to the controversy, insisting that Genesis teaches us far more about the God of Jesus Christ and about God's intention for creation than it does about the age of the earth. With this book, Lennox offers a careful yet accessible introduction to a scientifically-savvy, theologically-astute, and Scripturally faithful interpretation of Genesis.

  • Rank: #4381 in Books
  • Published on: 2011-08-08
  • Released on: 2011-08-08
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 7.32" h x .79" w x 6.61" l, 1.00 pounds
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 192 pages

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Seven Days That Divide the World : Hardback : ZONDERVAN : 9780310492177 : 0310492173 : 01 Sep 2011 : In response to the continuing controversy over the interpretation of the creation narrative in Genesis, John Lennox proposes a succinct method of reading and interpreting the first chapters of Genesis without discounting either science or Scripture.

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What did the writer of Genesis mean by 'the first day'? Is it a literal week or a series of time periods? If I believe that the earth is 4.5 billion years old, am I denying the authority of Scripture?In response to the continuing controversy over the interpretation of the creation narrative in Genesis, John Lennox proposes a succinct method of reading and interpreting the first chapters of Genesis without discounting either science or Scripture. With examples from history, a brief but thorough exploration of the major interpretations, and a look into the particular significance of the creation of human beings, Lennox suggests that Christians can heed modern scientific knowledge while staying faithful to the biblical narrative. He moves beyond a simple response to the controversy, insisting that Genesis teaches us far more about the God of Jesus Christ and about God's intention for creation than it does about the age of the earth. With this book, Lennox offers a careful yet accessible introduction to a scientifically-savvy, theologically-astute, and Scripturally faithful interpretation of Genesis.

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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Breaking the Spell
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Daniel C. Dennett (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars(206)

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For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why—and how—it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life? Ranging through biology, history, and psychology, Daniel C. Dennett charts religion’s evolution from “wild” folk belief to “domesticated” dogma. Not an antireligious screed but an unblinking look beneath the veil of orthodoxy, Breaking the Spell will be read and debated by believers and skeptics alike.

  • Rank: #22245 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-02-06
  • Released on: 2007-02-06
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 1.01" h x 5.70" w x 8.33" l, .94 pounds
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 464 pages

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For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask whyand howit has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life? Ranging through biology, history, and psychology, Daniel C. Dennett charts religions evolution from wild folk belief to domesticated dogma. Not an antireligious screed but an unblinking look beneath the veil of orthodoxy, Breaking the Spellwill be read and debated by believers and skeptics alike.

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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon ISBN/UPC 067003472X Title:Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon Authors:Dennett, Daniel C.Binding:Hardcover Publisher:Viking Adult Publication Date:Feb 2 2006 Edition: Condition :Used - Good The book has been read but is still in clean condition. The pages are intact and readable; the dust jacket (if applicable) is included. The cover is not creased nor torn. The book may contain: publisher remainder mark on an outside edge, a

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A pioneering work in the philosophy of mind, Content and Consciousness brings together the approaches of philosophers and scientists to the mind--a connection that must occur if genuine analysis of the mind is to be made. This unified approach permits the most forbiddingly mysterious mental phenomenon--consciousness--to be broken down into several distinct phenomena, and these are each given a foundation in the physical activity of the brain. This paperback edition contains a preface placing the