Anarchy Evolution

Zusatztext “Whether you’re a believer, an atheist, an agnostic, or anything in between, this is a necessary book.” Informationen zum Autor Greg Graffin is the lead vocalist and songwriter of Bad Religion. He obtained his PhD in zoology at Cornell University, and has served as a lecturer in life sciences and paleontology at UCLA. He splits his time between Ithaca, New York, and Los Angeles. Steve Olson is an award-winning science writer, a consultant for the National Academy of Sciences, and the author of Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins , a National Book Award finalist. Klappentext In this passionate polemic, Greg Graffin argues that art and science have a deep connection. He describes his own coming-of-age as an artist and the formation of his naturalist worldview over the past three decades. Anarchy Evolution sheds new light on the long-standing debate on religion and the human condition. It is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if God really exists. Zusammenfassung “Take one man who rejects authority and religion, and leads a punk band. Take another man who wonders whether vertebrates arose in rivers or in the ocean, is fascinated by evolution, creativity, and Ice Age animals. Put them together, what do you get? Greg Graffin, and this uniquely fascinating book.”  —Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Anarchy Evolution is a provocative look at the collision between religion and science, by an author with unique authority: UCLA lecturer in Paleontology, and founding member of Bad Religion, Greg Graffin. Alongside science writer Steve Olson (whose Mapping Human History was a National Book Award finalist), Graffin delivers a powerful discussion sure to strike a chord with readers of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion or Christopher Hitchens God Is Not Great .  In this passionate polemic, Graffin argues that art and science have a deep connection. He describes his own coming-of-age as an artist and the formation of his naturalist worldview over the past three decades.  Anarchy Evolution  sheds new light on the long-standing debate on religion and the human condition. It is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if God really exists. ...

Product details

• Authors: Greg Graffin, Greg/ Olson Graffin, Graffin Greg, Steve Olson, Olson Steve
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.10.2011
• EAN: 9780061828515
• ISBN: 978-0-06-182851-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 207 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Humour, satire, satirical comedy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Biology, life sciences, Cellular biology (cytology), Religion and beliefs, Developmental biology, Religion and science, Mycology, fungi, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Evolution, RELIGION: Inspirational, RELIGION: ATHEISM, PHILOSOPHY: RELIGION, RELIGION: Religion & Science, RELIGION: SCIENCE AND RELIGION, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Cell Biology, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Mycology, Philosophy / Religion, Religion / Science & Religion