Adam's Navel
Title | Adam's Navel PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Sims |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2004-06-29 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1440677956 |
In this amusing and brilliantly conceived book, Michael Sims introduces you to your body. Moving from head to toe, Sims blends cultural history with evolutionary theory to produce a wonderfully original narrative in which he analyzes the visible parts of the body. In this fascinating brew of science and storytelling, readers encounter not only accessible explanations of the mechanics of their anatomy, but also the layers of mythology, religious lore, history, Darwinian theory, and popular culture that have helped to shape our understanding of any given body part. A titillating and unique book, Adam’s Navel is learned and entertaining, a marvelous lens through which to study the form we all inhabit—but may not really understand.
Adam's Navel
Title | Adam's Navel PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Sims |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2004-06-29 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0142004642 |
In this amusing and brilliantly conceived book, Michael Sims introduces you to your body. Moving from head to toe, Sims blends cultural history with evolutionary theory to produce a wonderfully original narrative in which he analyzes the visible parts of the body. In this fascinating brew of science and storytelling, readers encounter not only accessible explanations of the mechanics of their anatomy, but also the layers of mythology, religious lore, history, Darwinian theory, and popular culture that have helped to shape our understanding of any given body part. A titillating and unique book, Adam’s Navel is learned and entertaining, a marvelous lens through which to study the form we all inhabit—but may not really understand.
Adam's Navel
Title | Adam's Navel PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Jay Gould |
Publisher | |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Evolution (Biology) |
ISBN | 9780146000478 |
Omphalos
Title | Omphalos PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Henry Gosse |
Publisher | |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 1857 |
Genre | Bible and evolution |
ISBN |
The Flamingo's Smile
Title | The Flamingo's Smile PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Jay Gould |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780393303759 |
Contains thirty of the author's essays from monthly columns in Natural History Magazine.
The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve: The Story That Created Us
Title | The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve: The Story That Created Us PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Greenblatt |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 535 |
Release | 2017-09-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0393634582 |
“Endlessly illuminating and a sheer pleasure to read.” —Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography Daring to take the great biblical account of human origins seriously, but without credulity. The most influential story in Western cultural history, the biblical account of Adam and Eve is now treated either as the sacred possession of the faithful or as the butt of secular jokes. Here, acclaimed scholar Stephen Greenblatt explores it with profound appreciation for its cultural and psychological power as literature. From the birth of the Hebrew Bible to the awe-inspiring contributions of Augustine, Dürer, and Milton in bringing Adam and Eve to vivid life, Greenblatt unpacks the story’s many interpretations and consequences over time. Rich allegory, vicious misogyny, deep moral insight, narrow literalism, and some of the greatest triumphs of art and literature: all can be counted as children of our “first” parents.
Adam's Navel
Title | Adam's Navel PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Mitnick |
Publisher | |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
"The thesis is a short novel, Adam's Navel, followed by a critical afterword." --