Subject: Combined studies

Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion will Transform Your Life and Our World

Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion will Transform Your Life and Our World

Posted by | Sep 18, 2020 | |

Few issues have revealed deeper divisions in our society than the debate between creationism and evolution, between religion and science. Yet from the fray, Reverend Michael Dowd has emerged as a reconciler, finding faith strengthened by the power of reason.

With evidence from contemporary astrophysics, geology, biology, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology, Thank God for Evolution lays out a compelling argument for how religion and science can be mutually enriching forces in our lives.

Praised by Nobel laureates in the scientific community and religious leaders alike, Thank God for Evolution will expand the horizon of what is possible for self, for relationships, and for our world

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Overshoot

Overshoot

Posted by | Sep 18, 2020 | |

Our day-to-day experiences over the past decade have taught us that there must be limits to our...

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Fooling Houdini

Fooling Houdini

Posted by | Sep 12, 2020 | |

Alex Stone, part of the underground magic circuit, is determined to take his lifelong hobby to the professional level, to reach the pinnacle of this bizarre world and become a master magician.

Combining his passion for magic with his studies in Physics, Stone takes us on a journey through a strange and colourful subculture of brilliant characters – a blind card sharp, street-hustlers, Las Vegas showmen and world-leading scientists – as he seeks answers to the questions about the limits of perception and the psychology of deception and decision-making. By pulling back the curtain, Stone reveals the principles and history of some of the greatest tricks ever performed.

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Guns, Germs and Steel

Guns, Germs and Steel

Posted by | Jul 30, 2020 | |

Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? And what can it teach us about our current crisis?

Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians.

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Factfulness

Factfulness

Posted by | Jul 30, 2020 | |

‘One of the most important books I’ve ever read – an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world’ BILL GATES

‘A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases’ BARACK OBAMA

The international bestseller, inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world, and make you realise things are better than you thought.

*#1 Sunday Times bestseller * New York Times bestseller * Observer ‘best brainy book of the decade’ * Irish Times bestseller * audiobook bestseller * Guardian bestseller *

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