Bettie's Books
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This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
bookshelves: essays, gr-library, nonfiction, published-2013, environmental-issues, tbr-busting-2014, winter-20132014, sciences, psychology, under-500-ratings, next, abandoned, skim-through
Arrogant title, let see what it delivers!
1. EVOLUTION BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION SUSAN BLACKMORE
Psychologist; author, Consciousness: An Introduction
Blackmore was the first author to introduce me to memes: she was doing that before Dawkins comandeered the concept in the public's greater consciousness.
Anyway, this opening salvo in this 'everything' book is just four paragraphs short and is at once a put down to some teachers and high praise of Darwin and Wallace.
2. LIFE IS A DIGITAL CODE MATT RIDLEY
Science writer; founding chairman, International Centre for Life; author, The Rational Optimist
Two short paragraphs, an excerpt of the letter by Crick and a one-liner ending. I'll skim from herein as I have real books hopping about on the shelves...
Later: SO...
...the concept is this, Brockman asked scholars and intellectuals to respond to his question "What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?" It looks as if these answers were emailed in, and we are reading raw the inbox.
NEXT!
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