Author: Paul R. Gross
Paul R. Gross is the University Profess or of Life Sciences emeritus at the University of Virginia.
The Devolution of God
The Evolution of God, by Robert Wright (New York: Little, Brown, & Co., 2009, ISBN 978-0-3167-3491-2) 576 pp. Cloth $22.99. . . . There is a special way of being afraid No trick dispels. Religion used to try, That vast moth-eaten musical brocade Created to pretend we never die And specious stuff that says no …
Berlinski and the Windmill
The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions, by David Berlinski (New York: Random House/Crown Forum, 2008, ISBN 978-0-307-39626) 256 pp. Cloth $23.95. Faith is that quality which enables us to believe what we know to be untrue. —From Boners: Seriously Misguided Facts—According to Schoolkids, by Alexander Abingdon Reviews of putatively serious nonfiction books are …