"Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918 US edition (some information may be outdated). For the Librivox recording, we have divided the book into five parts. Part 2 includes Syndesmology and Myology. The mathematical formulas (section 25) and the illustrations can be found in the online text at bartleby.com. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)"
"Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918 US edition (some information may be outdated). The illustrations can be found in the online text at bartleby.com. For the Librivox recording, we have divided the book into five parts. Part 3 includes Angiology, Arteries, Veins, and the Lymphatic System. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)"
"Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918 US edition (some information may be outdated). The illustrations can be found in the online text at bartleby.com. For the Librivox recording, we have divided the book into five parts. Part 4 includes Neurology, the Organs of the Senses, and the Common Integument. (summary by Laurie Anne Walden)"
"Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918 US edition (some information may be outdated). The illustrations can be found in the online text at bartleby.com. For the Librivox recording, we have divided the book into five parts. Part 5 includes Splanchnology and Surface Anatomy and Markings. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)"
"Thomas H. Huxley, an English biologist and essayist, was an advocate of the theory of evolution and a self-proclaimed agnostic. A talented writer, his essays helped to popularize science in the 19th century, and he is credited with the quote, "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something." In The Advance of Science in the Last Half Century, he presents a summary of the major developments in Physics, Chemistry and Biology during the period 1839-1889 and their impact on society, within the historical context of philosophical thought and scientific inquiry going back to Aristotle. Huxley’s clear and readable prose makes this subject equally enjoyable for both the student of scientific history and the casual listener alike. (Summary by J. M. Smallheer)"
"An informative introduction to Darwin's discovery. In his groundbreaking book Natural Selection, Charles Darwin explained his theory that evolution is driven by adaptation of species to their environmental surroundings. From the tiniest microbe to the largest whale, all organisms have changed over vast expanses of time due to the forces of natural selection. This title in the Science Foundations series provides an overview of the processes and causes that drive natural selection and the principles that explain how it operates, using numerous diverse organisms as examples. Natural Selection promotes a solid understanding of how organisms change over the course of generations and how current biodiversity came to be. The book is published by Chelsea House Publishers, a leading publisher of educational material."
"Ian Tattersall, a highly esteemed figure in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and paleontology, leads a fascinating tour of the history of life and the evolution of human beings.
Starting at the very beginning, Tattersall examines patterns of change in the biosphere over time, and the correlations of biological events with physical changes in the Earth's environment. He introduces the complex of evolutionary processes, situates human beings in the luxuriant diversity of Life (demonstrating that however remarkable we may legitimately find ourselves to be, we are the product of the same basic forces and processes that have driven the evolutionary histories of all other creatures), and he places the origin of our extraordinary spiritual sensibilities in the context of the exaptational and emergent acquisition of symbolic cognition and thought.
Concise and yet comprehensive, historically penetrating and yet up-to-date, responsibly factual and yet engaging, Paleontology serves as the perfect entrée to science's greatest story."
"You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant design in reverent tones.
To which this audiobook says: Pure nonsense. In a work at once deeply learned and wonderfully accessible, the neuroscientist David Linden counters the widespread assumption that the brain is a paragon of design - and in its place gives us a compelling explanation of how the brain's serendipitous evolution has resulted in nothing short of our humanity. A guide to the strange and often illogical world of neural function, The Accidental Mind shows how the brain is not an optimized, general-purpose problem-solving machine, but rather a weird agglomeration of ad-hoc solutions that have been piled on through millions of years of evolutionary history. Moreover, Linden tells us how the constraints of evolved brain design have ultimately led to almost every transcendent human foible: our long childhoods, our extensive memory capacity, our search for love and long-term relationships, our need to create compelling narrative, and, ultimately, the universal cultural impulse to create both religious and scientific explanations.
With forays into evolutionary biology, this analysis of mental function answers some of our most common questions about how we've come to be who we are."
"God declared creation good. But the debate raging about creation in recent decades has been anything but.
If you have ever gotten lost in the storm of controversy surrounding the creationism debate, then Fr. Michael Guinan''s grounding instruction is your key to understanding.
Do you believe in evolution or creation? Is man created in the image of God or the image of an ape? Should 'creation science' be taught in public school science classes? These are controversial issues in America today. They grab headlines and stir up emotions, but often little progress is made in conveying key information.
The controversy, 'evolution vs. creation,' is actually part of a much larger conflict, one may even call it a 'culture-war,' but it becomes clear rather quickly that a key role is played throughout by a particular understanding of the Bible (popularly called 'fundamentalist') and what it teaches. Is evolution actually in competition with Genesis?
In this course, you will see that the 'science vs. religion' struggle on this issue is ultimately a false one. Other ways express more adequately the relationship between these two important and interrelated areas. After setting out some initial perspectives and surveying briefly three challenges from the past (Galileo, the rise of modern geology and the age of the earth, and biology and evolution as represented by Charles Darwin), we will survey the 'evolution vs. creation' controversy as it has been played out in the United States in the 20th century.
This course provides the Catholic perspective of this heated topic, an essential resource in the 21st century world that is flooded with inaccurate media. You will find Fr. Guinan''s teaching excellent and the information priceless.
This course is part of the Learn25 collection and includes a free PDF study guide."
"Forscher sind dem Geheimnis des Glaubens auf der Spur: Soziologen finden heraus, unter welchen Bedingungen Religion gedeiht. Hirnforscher und Psychiater entdecken, was im Kopf gläubiger und nichtgläubiger Menschen vor sich geht. Genetiker suchen nach der Religiosität im Erbgut. Evolutionspsychologen entschlüsseln den Ursprung des Glaubens und fragen nach Selektionsvorteilen. Die Ergebnisse sind erstaunlich.
Gläubige Gehirne: Religiöse Überzeugungen und Aberglauben entstehen durch bestimmte Hirnvorgänge. Nicht Vernunft, sondern Prägung und Gefühle sind dabei entscheidend.
Der Nutzen des Himmels: Manche Forscher halten Religiosität für ein erfolgreiches Produkt der Evolution. Mit neuen Daten wurde diese Hypothese jetzt überprüft.
Weltangst schürt die Gottesfurcht: Ob jemand religiös ist, wird vor allem von seiner Ängstlichkeit und Autoritätsgläubigkeit bestimmt und davon, wie gut die Gesellschaft funktioniert, in der er lebt."
"Viren sind Grenzgänger zwischen lebender und toter Materie. Es gibt sie überall in astronomisch großen Mengen (10 hoch 33). Dabei sind Viren wandlungsfähiger als alles andere, was wir auf der Welt kennen. Vielleicht waren sie sogar der Anfang des Lebens auf der Erde.
Gemeinhin werden Viren als Krankmacher definiert und ihr Verhalten mit Kriegsvokabular beschrieben, obwohl viele Viren gar nicht krank machen. Vielmehr suchen sie eine friedliche Koexistenz mit ihrem Wirt, ohne den sie nicht überleben und sich vermehren können. Im menschlichen Erbgut finden sich viele Viren, die nicht schaden, sondern vermutlich sogar nützen.
Karin Mölling, Professorin für Medizinische Virologie an der Universität Zürich, bemüht sich in ihrer Forschung um ein tieferes Verständnis von Viren, um daraus neuartige Ansätze zur Medikamentenentwicklung abzuleiten. So kenntnisreich wie anschaulich, voller Begeisterung und nie nachlassender Neugier für das noch Unerforschte erzählt Karin Mölling 'Das Leben der Viren'. Von Geschichte, Grundlagen und Methoden der Virologie - insbesondere der AIDS-Forschung - spannt sie einen Bogen zum heutigen Erkenntnisstand ihrer Wissenschaft und deren gesellschaftlicher Wirksamkeit, gibt Einblicke in den Forschungsalltag und umreißt die großen Herausforderungen und Fragen für die Zukunft."
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