This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in the thinking of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
This lush, reverent study of migration explores the behavior patterns and hidden motivations of birds as they make these dramatic relocations and spotlights the environmental concerns that threaten this important seasonal process.
On a remote outpost of the Galapagos, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent 20 years measuring the beaks of generations of finches--to prove that Darwin did not know the strength of this own theory. "Spark(s) not jus ...
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In this title, the author explains the scientific theory of natural selection in vivid terms, and shows how it extends far beyond biology. In addition, he outlines current debates on the subject and challenges the views of many famous scientists, including Stephen Jay Gould and Roger Penrose.