The Bookshelf
Monday, July 15, 2013
Michael Gazzaniga, Who's In Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain (2011)
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What do we want to be free from? That is the question that drives Michael Gazzaniga's inquiry about free will and the science of the b...
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Jaak Panksepp and Lucy Biven, The Archaeology of Mind, Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions (2012)
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At its most fundamental level, the neurosensory system of every animal, including humans, is a physiological system related to monitoring ou...
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Nessa Carey, The Epigenetics Revolution (2012)
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A recurring theme running through the posts on this blog is the recognition of a unit of information as the fundamental units of physical n...
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Richard Wrangham, Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human (2009)
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Edward O. Wilson's research on eusociality led him to identify the nest as a common attribute among the eusocial species. Although no...
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Edward Humes, Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion and the Battle for America's Soul (2008)
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Deception and religion have been joined at the hip for a very long time, perhaps as long as religion has existed in human culture given that...
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