Darwin Loves You: Natural Selection and the Re-Enchantment of the World, (Paperback)

from Devil_llama

Have you ever had one of those uncles that start to tell you a "fascinating" story at dinner? The story starts with the salad course, and by dessert, you're tired of the set up and wish he'd just get on and tell the story already? The entire family is numb, staring at their plate, paralyzed by bo...

from mkjones

The author tries to recover the enchantment of the natural world that science and specifically evolution supposedly take away by examining the writings and life of Darwin.

from hansel714

George Levine, literary critic and author of Darwin and the Novelists, attempts to answer the question of the lack of meaning of life after god is replaced by nature red in tooth and claw. Levine claims that it is in nature that re-enchants our disenchanted lives and Darwin shows this in his writ...

from hansel714

George Levine, literary critic and author of Darwin and the Novelists, attempts to answer the question of the lack of meaning of life after god is replaced by nature red in tooth and claw. Levine claims that it is in nature that re-enchants our disenchanted lives and Darwin shows this in his writ...