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Image"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." -- Mark Twain
"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." - Chinese proverb


It's a pity that most of us spend all of our time on science and do not read anything to feed our brains. We now provide a forum for all colleagues and academics to introduce and exchange their thought on the good books that they have read. Any discipline is open for discussion, but we reserve the right to guard our web site against porn, politics and religion.

Anyone who loves to read will appreciate Thomas Jefferson's sentiment,"I cannot live without books." Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, and there could be no concept of humanity.

Forget about Jean-Jacoues Rousseau's saying, "I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about." Your contributions will help our web site be a source of reading and thinking.
"Love of Shopping" is Not a Gene: Problems with Darwinian Psychology by Anne Innis Dagg, 2007, Black Rose Books Ltd, 210 pages, ISBN 1551642565
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At the beginning of the 21st century, genes are used to explain almost every aspect of human life, from social inequalities to health, sexuality and criminality. Although few people have studied genetics, our culture is full of casual references to them. ...Read more
Science, Evolution, and Creationism  US National Academy 2008, 88 pages, ISBN-10: 0-309-10586-2
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Science is not about what you believe. Science is about forming hypotheses, designing a way to test the hypothesis, gathering data, interpreting the data and publishing the results for peer review, challenge and replication. Theories are allowed to stand until scientific evidence emerges that proves them wrong, or, at least, requires that they be revised. Teaching intelligent design only confuses students about what constitutes science and what doesn’t. Intelligent design does not lend itself to testing, challenge or even discussion. It is what it is - and it isn’t science. ...Read more
Beautiful at All Seasons: Southern Gardening and Beyond with Elizabeth Lawrence, by Elizabeth Lawance, 2007, Duke University Press, 238 pages, ISBN-10: 0822338874
“Dirty fingernails are not the only requirement for growing plants. One must be as willing to study as to dig, for a knowledge of plants is acquired as much from books as from experience.”? - Elizabeth Lawrence (1905-1985) ??...Read more
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 Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Updated: 10/23/2007