Presents an encyclopedia explaining the achievements and progress of science that include: the advent of SARS; coverage of cloning; coverage of GM food; and coverage of digital cameras. This text encompasses the physical, chemical and biological sciences. It also contains 1300 illustrations: colour photos, and commisioned drawings and diagrams.

The Number One SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. A fascinating explanation of how evolution works, from bestselling author Richard Dawkins.

Takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection. This title sifts through fascinating layers of scientific facts and disciplines to build a cast-iron case from the living examples of natural selection in birds and insects.

Presenting arguments for atheism, this audiobook adopts a scientific approach and applies it to the questions of religion, religious faith and the existence of God. The issues discussed include: morality, where it becomes extra-religious; and the fact that in some countries religion is an excuse for the subjugation of women's rights.

Aiming to lay bare the act of blatant state terrorism that is the invasion and occupation of Iraq, this book seeks to reveal the extraordinary tapestry of lies, distortions and gross media manipulation that underpin it. It looks at how public opinion is wilfully ignored and democracy used as a figleaf for the furthering of colonial ambitions.

Subjects the scientific, theological, and political vision of the Intelligent Design movement to critical scrutiny, rejecting its central claims as scientifically unfounded, theologically dubious, and ethically backward.

The extraordinary history of British science, with commentary from Britain's greatest living scientists: Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and James Dyson

At his death from cancer, journalist John Diamond had completed six chapters of an uncomplimentary look at the world of complementary medicine . Written with total candour and his usual wit, they appear here together with a selection of emails, press articles, and excerpts from his final notebook.

Tinbergen was one of the founding fathers of ethology and received the Nobel Prize for Biology and Medicine in 1973. This book looks at Tinbergen's influence on the science of animal behaviour, via his books, films and lectures.

A comprehensive reference work on the history, beliefs, and thinking of America's growing minority: those who live without religion. It describes and explains various aspects of atheism, agnosticism, secular humanism, secularism, and religious scepticism. It includes topics such as morality without religion, unbelief and sexual values, and more.

This book describes how evolution theory has been confirmed, but at the same time transformed, by recent research.

This volume comprises the 1998 Oxford Amnesty Lectures. Topics discussed include: are eugenics practices morally defensible?; who should have access to genetic information about particular individuals?; and what dangers for cultural and racial diversity do developments in genetics pose?

A wide-ranging introduction to the human species that places modern humans in evolutionary perspective.

This edition of Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man has a new introduction by Richard Dawkins, Darwin's successor at Oxford University.