Product Description: In many people's minds, biology was mired in confusion and superstition until Darwin came, and then there was light. But evolutionary ideas have a long history, and moreover to this day, in France, Lamarck is revered as Darwin's great predecessor, not as 'the man who got it wrong'...read more

Science and Religion assesses the impact of social, political and intellectual change upon Anglican circles, with reference to Oxford University in the decades that followed the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. More particularly, the career of Baden Powell, father of the more famous founder of the Boy Scout movement, offers material for an important case-study in intellectual and political reorientation: his early militancy in right-wing Anglican movements slowly turned to a more tolerant attitude towards radical theological, philosophical and scientific trends. During the 1840s and 1850s, Baden Powell became a fearless proponent of new dialogues in transcendentalism in theology, positivism in philosophy, and pre-Darwinian evolutionary theories in biology. He was for instance the first prominent Anglican to express full support for Darwin's Origin of Species. Analysis of his many publications, and of his interaction with such contemporaries as Richard Whately, John Henry and Francis Newman, Robert Chambers, William Benjamin Carpenter, George Henry Lewes and George Eliot, reveals hitherto unnoticed dimensions of mid-nineteenth-century British intellectual and social life.

Explores the transformation of Halifax from a remote Pennine settlement into a thriving commercial centre. The author asks how, when, and why did such a transformation occur. He considers how the experience of history has impacted the lives of those who live in Halifax.

Product Description: "Winter in Montreal" consists of the stories of Onofrio Annibalini and Roberto Perussi that become one novel by way of mysterious plots. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Continuing the quest toward discovering our place in the universe, The Enchanted Loom sheds light on one of the most fascinating and mysterious problems ever faced by humankind, namely, the understanding of our own minds. Written by an international team of scientists, The Enchanted Loom offers a sweeping look at the history of neuroscience from the philosophy of Aristotle to the advent of artificial intelligence...read more