Understanding in Time


Coming of Age in an Evolving Universe

Title
Author(s)
Our Cosmic Origins Armand Delsemme
The History of Earth William Hartmann and Ron Miller
The Life Era Eric Chaisson
Cosmic Evolution Wright Center for Science Education
Cosmic Evolution Eric Chaisson
Thermodynamics, Evolution, and Behavior Rod Swenson
Figments of Reality Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen
Life in the Universe Scientific American Special Edition

Our Kind - Evolving

Title
Author(s)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
The Third Chimpanzee Jared Diamond
The Extraordinary Story of Human Origins Piero Angela and Alberto Angela
Demonic Males Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson
The Moral Animal Robert Wright
Good Natured Frans de Waal
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language Robin Dunbar
Social evolution and social influence Mario Heilmann
The Symbolic Species Terrence Deacon
The Prehistory of the Mind Steven Mithen
The Anthropology of Time Alfred Gell
The Domestication of the Human Species Peter Wilson
The Evolution of Human Societies Allen Johnson and Timothy Earle
How to Get Rich Jared Diamond
Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond
The Atlas of Early Man Jacquetta Hawkes
The Cradle of Cash Heather Pringle
The Axemaker's Gift James Burke and Robert Ornstein
The Machiavellian side to primates Richard Effland
The Prince Nicolo Machiavelli
Management and Machiavelli Anthony Jay
Machiavellian Realism and U.S. Foreign Policy Howard Zinn
The Spirit in the Gene Reg Morrison
A History of the Global Brain Howard Bloom
The Origins of Virtue Matt Ridley
The Chimpanzees Who Would Be Ants Russell Genet

Energy, Organization, Planetization

Title
Author(s)
Energies Vaclav Smil
The Macroscope Joël de Rosnay
Characteristics of Nested Living Systems PDF document Folke Günther and Carl Folke
Energy, Society, and Morals PDF document Göran Wall
eMergy Evaluation Howard T. Odum
The Eighth Day Richard Adams
Evolving self-reference: matter, symbols, and semantic closure Howard Pattee
Energy Hierarchy and Organization First Global Society
The World's Most Polymorphic Species William Catton. Jr.
Complexity, Problem Solving, and Sustainable Societies Joseph Tainter
The Dynamic Society Graeme Snooks
Easter's End Jared Diamond
A Green History of the World Clive Ponting
Reflections in Bullough's Pond Diana Muir
Whole Earth Review Summer 1998
Energy and Human Evolution David Price
The Post-Petroleum Paradigm -- and Population Walter Youngquist
Overshoot William Catton. Jr.
The Peak of World Oil Production and the Road to the Olduvai Gorge Richard Duncan
Development and Evoltuion Stanley Salthe
Sustainable Engineering Peter Hartley
Natural Capitalism P. Hawken, A. Lovins, and L. H. Lovins
Climaxing Oil Brian Fleay
The Ephemeral Civilization Graeme Snooks
One World, Ready or Not William Greider
No Logo Naomi Klein
Civil Society and the Future of the Nation-State: Two views David Rieff
Jihad vs. McWorld Benjamin Barber
Nonzero Robert Wright
The Information Age Manuel Castells
A Prosperous Way Down Howard Odum and Elizabeth Odum
Limits To Competition The Group of Lisbon
Full Circle Edward Haskell