The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
By: Richard Dawkins , Well-illustrated
4.16
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Charles Darwin, whose 1859 masterpiece "On the Origin of Species" shook society to its core, would …
Want to Read $ 15.99"The best scientists can do is fail to disprove things while pointing to how hard they tried"-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"The best scientists can do is fail to disprove things while pointing to how hard they tried"-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Of course they don't function as gills, but five-week human embryos can be regarded as little pink fishes, with gills."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Of course they don't function as gills, but five-week human embryos can be regarded as little pink fishes, with gills."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
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1. Why Evolution Is True
By: Jerry A. Coyne
4.19
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
Why evolution is more than just a theory: it is a fact. In all the current highly publicized de… read more
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"These mysteries about how we evolved should not distract us from the indisputable fact that we did evolve."-Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True
"Now, science cannot completely exclude the possibility of supernatural explanation. It is possible - though very unlikely - that our whole world is controlled by elves."-Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True
"If the entire course of evolution were compressed into a single year, the earliest bacteria would appear at the end of March, but we wouldn't see the first human ancestors until 6 a.m. on December 31…"-Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True
"Life on earth evolved gradually beginning with one primitive life form – perhaps a self-replicating molecule – that lived more than 3.5 billion years ago; it then branched out over time, throwing off…"-Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True
2. The Grand Design
By: Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow
4.06
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE … read more
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"Suntem cu toții plăsmuiri ale visului cuiva."-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design
"Suntem produsul fluctuațiilor cuantice din universul foarte timpuriu."-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design
"Most laws of nature exist as part of a larger, interconnected system of laws."-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design
"Noi creăm istoria prin observațiile noastre, iar nu istoria ne creează pe noi."-Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design
3. The Origin of Species
By: Charles Darwin
4.01
Format: 703 pages, Hardcover
Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no… read more
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- nature
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"Man selects only for his own good; Nature only for that of the being which she tends."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
"...Showing that they descend from common parents, and consequently must be ranked as varieties."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
"I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
"The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
4. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
By: Richard Dawkins , Well-illustrated
4.16
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Charles Darwin, whose 1859 masterpiece "On the Origin of Species" shook society to its core, would … read more
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"The best scientists can do is fail to disprove things while pointing to how hard they tried"-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Of course they don't function as gills, but five-week human embryos can be regarded as little pink fishes, with gills."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Incidentally, I'm puzzled why, with so much oxygen about, thing didn't burst into flames all the time. Perhaps they did."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"It is interesting to wonder whether taxonomists of the future may regret the way our generation messed around with genomes."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
5. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very… read more
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- history
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"Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"I remind myself that madmen really exist. Sometimes they achieve the highest levels of political power in modern industrial nations."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
6. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
By: Christopher Hitchens
3.96
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
God Is Not Great makes the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the maj… read more
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- atheism
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"Actually, the “leap of faith"-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"The essential principle of totalitarianism is to make laws that are impossible to obey."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
7. The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
By: Bertrand Russell , Karl Marx , George Orwell , Richard Dawkins , Mark Twain , H.P. Lovecraft , Thomas Hardy , Omar Khayyám , Ian McEwan , Penn Jillette , George Eliot , John Updike , Carl Sagan , Christopher Hitchens , Sigmund Freud , A.C. Grayling , Joseph Conrad , David Hume , Daniel C. Dennett , Charles Darwin , Sam Harris , Albert Einstein , Salman Rushdie , Percy Bysshe Shelley , Emma Goldman , Steven Weinberg , Anatole France , John Stuart Mill , Martin Gardner , Victor J. Stenger , James Boswell , H.L. Mencken , Thomas Hobbes , Leslie Stephen , Philip Larkin , Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Baruch Spinoza , Lucretius , A.J. Ayer , Carl van Doren , John Betjeman , Ibn Warraq , Michael Shermer , Chapman Cohen , J.L. Mackie , Charles Templeton , Elizabeth S. Anderson
4.03
Format: 525 pages, Paperback
«Οι οπαδοί των νεράιδων δεν χτυπάνε την πόρτα σου για να σε προσηλυτίσουν. Δεν απαιτούν να διδάσκετ… read more
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"Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you pro…"-Bertrand Russell, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
"By now the valley of the shadow of doubt was overrunneth with skepticism, so God became angry, so angry that God lost His temper and cursed the first humans, telling them to go forth and multiply the…"-Bertrand Russell, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
"The pre-history of our species is hag-ridden with episodes of nightmarish ignorance and calamity, for which religion used to identify, not just the wrong explanation but the wrong culprit. Human sacr…"-Bertrand Russell, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
"I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim—so mod…"-Bertrand Russell, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
8. A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
By: Richard Dawkins , Lawrence M. Krauss
3.94
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author and acclaimed physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how e… read more
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"Forget Jesus. The stars died so you could be here today."-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
"أنا غير كفؤ للحديث عن اللاشيء، لأن رجال الدين والفلاسفة هم خبراء في لاشيء!"-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
"...nuestro universo desaparecerá tan abruptamente como, probablemente, empezó."-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
"We need to live our experience as it is and with our eyes open. The universe is the way it is, whether we like it or not."-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
9. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
By: Sam Harris
3.90
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and relig… read more
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"Reason is nothing less than the guardian of love"-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
"Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance."-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
"120 million of us place the big bang 2,500 years after the Babylonians and Sumerians learned to brew beer."-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
"Religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction."-Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
10. The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
By: Brian Greene
4.13
Format: 569 pages, Paperback
The fabric of the cosmos read more
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"life"-Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
"Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored."-Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
"наша история прошлого часто лишь информирует о наших переживаниях в настоящем."-Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
"полная скорость движения любого объекта в пространстве и во времени всегда в точности равна скорости света."-Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
11. Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
By: Daniel C. Dennett
4.07
Format: 588 pages, Paperback
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Bos… read more
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"Problems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications."-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
"I'm the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think — just ask my critics."-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
"There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination. —Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, 1995"-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
"Science, however, is not just a matter of making mistakes, but of making mistakes in public. Making mistakes for all to see, in the hopes of getting the others to help with the corrections."-Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
12. The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
By: Jared Diamond
4.08
Format: 407 pages, Paperback
At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior that disti… read more
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"If our ethical code makes a purely arbitrary distinction between humans and all other species, then we have a code based on naked selfishness devoid of any higher principle."-Jared Diamond, The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
"Isn't language loss a good thing, because fewer languages mean easier communication among the world's people? Perhaps, but it's a bad thing in other respects. Languages differ in structure and vocabu…"-Jared Diamond, The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
13. About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
By: Paul C.W. Davies
4.23
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
An elegant, witty, and engaging exploration of the riddle of time, which examines the consequences … read more
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" David Park is a physicist and philosopher at Williams College in Massachusetts with a lifelong interest in a time which he too thinks doesn't pass. For Park, the passage of time is not so much an il…"-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
"Perhaps there are many "nows" of varying duration, depending on just what it is we are doing. We must face up to the fact that, at least in the case of humans, the subject experiencing subjective tim…"-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
"Until now, I've been writing about "now" as if it were literally an instant of time, but of course human faculties are not infinitely precise. It is simplistic to suppose that physical events and men…"-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
"Psychologists have devised some ingenious ways to help unpack the human "now." Consider how we run those jerky movie frames together into a smooth and continuous stream. This is known as the "phi phe…"-Paul C.W. Davies, About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
14. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
15. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
By: Brian Greene
4.09
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surroun… read more
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"...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice."-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
"...quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance."-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
"…The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics."-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
"La cosmología tiene la capacidad de llamar nuestra atención a un nivel profundo y visceral, porque comprender cómo comenzó todo es, al menos para algunos, el punto en el que podemos encontrarnos más …"-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
16. The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here?
By: Lawrence M. Krauss
3.79
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Internationally renowned, award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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"For most people, the central questions of existence ultimately come down to transcendental ones: Why is there a universe at all? Why are we here? Whatever presumptions one might bring to the question…"-Lawrence M. Krauss, The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here?
"When I am carrying an object such as a ruler, and moving fast compared to you, my ruler will be measured by you to be smaller than it is for me. I might measure it to be 10 cm, say: [Image] But to yo…"-Lawrence M. Krauss, The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here?
17. Cosmos
By: Carl Sagan
4.39
Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousn… read more
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"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
18. A Brief History of Time
By: Stephen Hawking , Phạm Văn Thiều , None
4.21
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book … read more
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"God abhors a naked singularity."-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
"There should be no boundary to human endeavor."-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
"Cuando miramos al universo, lo vemos tal como fue en el pasado"-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
"If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?"-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
19. Letter to a Christian Nation
By: Sam Harris
4.00
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
In response to The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriati… read more
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"There had been ample warning that a storm “of biblical proportions"-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"These data are unequivocal: we are building a civilization of ignorance."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"Faith is like a pickpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"Faith is like a pockpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
20. The Universe in a Nutshell
By: Stephen Hawking
4.18
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the… read more
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"Claramente, el crecimiento exponencial actual no puede continuar indefinidamente."-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell
"No creo que la especie humana haya llegado tan lejos sólo para eliminarse a sí misma cuando las cosas se están poniendo interesantes."-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell
"Se chegássemos ao fim da linha, o espírito humano definharia e morreria. Mas não creio que um dia sossegaremos: aumentaremos em complexidade, se não em profundidade, e seremos sempre o centro de um h…"-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell
"When Copernicus and Galileo discovered that the planets orbit the Sun rather than the Earth, and Newton discovered the laws that govern their motion, astrology became extremely implausible. Why shoul…"-Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell
21. A Briefer History of Time
By: Stephen Hawking , Leonard Mlodinow
4.26
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scie… read more
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"What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise."-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time
"It is just that modern physicists seem to have more imaginative ways of naming new particles and phenomena - they no longer restrict themselves to Greek!"-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time
"طالما أن الكون له بداية سيكون في استطاعتنا افتراض أن له خالقًا. أما إذا كان الكون حقا مكتملا في حد ذاته، وليس له حد ولا حرف، فلن تكون له بداية ولا نهاية: فهو ببساطة موجود."-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time
"There is a good chance that the study of the early universe and the requirements of mathematical consistency will lead us to a complete unified theory within the lifetime of some of us who are around…"-Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time
