by Laura | Feb 3, 2011
The name Charles Darwin has become so embroiled in the current debate between evolution and creationism, it is easy to forget what a vivid travel memoir this earlier work is, and how nimbly its author integrates insights from biology, geology, and anthropology. There...
by Laura | Feb 3, 2011
In his previous two books, The Moral Animal and Nonzero, Robert Wright argues that evolution—biological, social, and technological—has on balance, if imperfectly, moved humankind toward greater interconnectedness and moral inclusiveness. He makes much the same...
by Laura | Feb 1, 2011
In Absence of Mind, Marilynne Robinson shakes up the supposed debate between religion and science by finding common ground in an imperfect search for an elusive truth. How did she get here? First, she has become a singular presence on the scene of American letters....
