Posts Tagged ‘Biology’

Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology

Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology
Gregory Bateson

Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World

Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World
David Marbury-Lewis

To Poughkeepsie Journal, Re: Public Breastfeeding

On June 19, 2005, the Poughkeepsie Journal published a column, reproduced below. In response, Mark S. Meritt responded with one of dozen of letters. The Journal published a number of them over several days, including an abridged version of Mark’s letter, reproduced here in full.
The Letter
I was disheartened to see Jonna M. Spilbor’s diatribe against [...]

Adding a Final Nail to the Coffin

When they die, many people have embalming fluid fill their bodies to keep them from rotting. The body then goes into fine clothing and sometimes makeup. The clothed body, sometimes accompanied by other personal property, then lies within plush padding. The padding is built into a coffin made of steel and wood that has been [...]

The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems

The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems
Fritjof Capra

The Trouble with Testosterone: And Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament

The Trouble With Testosterone: And Other Essays On The Biology Of The Human Predicament
Robert M. Sapolsky

The Time Before History: 5 Million Years of Human Impact

The TIME BEFORE HISTORY
Colin Tudge

Symbiotic Planet: A New Look at Evolution

Symbiotic Planet : A New Look at Evolution (Science Masters Series)
Lynn Margulis

Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion

Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial And America’s Continuing Debate over Science And Religion
Edward J. Larson

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan