Coming off the release of yet another children's work of fiction, and before I start on the next, it's time to look at some non-fiction print books that I've owned for a while, read some time ago, and never got around to blogging. These will all be science-based works, mostly about evolution, that have been useful to me, educational and helpful.
It's been a while since I've done battle with the idiot creationists, the main reason being that it's a waste of time. There is no creation science. It does not exist in any way, shape, or form. There is creation religion - blind belief unsupported by any evidence - and it's a waste of time arguing with those who swallow those lies, because there is no amount of fact, or evidence, or science, or truth that you cam set before them that will ever impact in any way upon their brainwashed hive mind. But if you want to take on that hopeless challenge, or evne just be better armed to defend your own scientific views, these are some of the boosk you might find useful to have on your reading list.
This book digs into the origin of life rather than the evolution of life, and while the two are separate sciences, they do have a lot in common in that at some point there had to develop a molecule that could survive and replicate itself, as well as change over time in order to survive and thrive in the changing conditions in which it found itself. That's all that evolution is when you get right down to the genomic level. The book also looks at where life might go which is really nothing more than speculation, if somewhat informed speculation. But it's a fun read and I commend it.
