Oren Solomon Harman
Autor/a de The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness
Sobre l'autor
Oren Harman's book The Price of Altruism won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. He is a renowned professor of the history of science and the chair of the Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society at Bar-Ilan mostra'n més University. mostra'n menys
Obres de Oren Solomon Harman
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1973-01-25
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Israel
- Lloc de naixement
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Llocs de residència
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Educació
- University of Oxford (DPhil - History of Science)
- Organitzacions
- Bar Ilan University (Chair - Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 8
- Membres
- 306
- Valoració
- 3.1
- Ressenyes
- 4
- ISBN
- 28
- Llengües
- 4
This book is exactly what it states on the cover - 15 myths that explain our world - but it is not a comparative mythology text or a book that refutes misconceptions of evolution. In this book, Oren Harman takes some of the current scientific knowledge (about the formation of the universe, Earth, and evolution of various organisms) and formulates it into 15 mythological "stories", usually from someone's perspective (e.g. Mother Earth, a trilobite). The writing style is fanciful and lyrical, occassionally overly verbose.
I'm really not sure who the target audience of this book is supposed to be. If you have knowledge of the topics the author covers, you might find this book amusing, though you won't find any new information. If your scientific knowledge is limited, then most of these 15 myths will probably be confusing to you. Personally I found the Chapter "Illuminations", which provides references and explains where the author got his information, more interesting than all the fuzzy mythological stories. In my opinion, this book is either very clever or very silly, depending on the readers mood and inclination for expecting something more substantial than wierd stories touted as myths. I really was hoping for more meat and less fluffiness.
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