Omul. O aventura genetica

Richard Dawkins

The Greatest Show on Earth.The Evidence for Evolution

In 2008, a Gallup poll showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had created man in his present form within the last 10,000 years. In a Pew Forum poll in the same year, 42 percent believed that all life on earth has existed in its present form since the beginning of time. In 1859 Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke. But he surely would have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions of people continue to question its veracity. Now the author of the iconic work The God Delusion takes them to task. The Greatest Show on Earth is a stunning counterattack on advocates of "Intelligent Design," explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist "argument." Dawkins sifts through rich layers of scientific evidence: from living examples of natural selection to clues in the fossil record; from natural clocks that mark the vast epochs wherein evolution ran its course to the ...

Scurta Istorie A Timpului . H

Nici o carte de stiinta nu s-a bucurat vreodata de popularitatea "Scurtei istorii atimpului": timp de mai bine de patru ani s-a aflat pe lista de bestselleruri din Sunday Times, mai mult decat orice alta carte. Explicatia acestui succes tine de natura intrebarilor pe care le pune aici Stephen Hawking, unul dintre cei mai mari savanti contemporani, devenit, alaturi de Einstein, un simbol al stiintei: Cum s-a nascut universul? Este timpul reversibil? Este spatiul nemarginit? Exista si alte dimensiuni spatiale, care scapa perceptiei noastre? Arta lui Hawking e de a gasi imagini intuitive, pregnante, prin care stimuleaza fantezia si curiozitatea oricarui cititor, fie ca este sau nu initiat in fizica fundamentala.

Francisco J. Ayala

Darul lui Darwin catre stiinta si religie

Colectia „Stiinta si Religie“ se adreseaza tuturor celor care doresc sa exploreze potentialitatea unui nou sistem de valori fundat pe dialogul transdisciplinar intre stiinta, religie, arta si societate.