Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning) by Marion Nestle Reviewed by David Lorimer Marion Nestlé is Professor of Sociology at New York University and author of many books on the food industry, including Food Politics. Here she turns her attention to the soda industry, not only informing the general […]
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The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy by Lester Brown with Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney and Emily E. Adams Reviewed by David Lorimer Regular readers of this Review will recall that I have reviewed every major book by Lester Brown over the last 20 years, going […]
The Man Who Could Fly: St. Joseph of Copertino and the Mystery of Levitation by Michael Grosso Reviewed by Nicholas Colloff A miracle, to quote St. Augustine, “does not occur contrary to nature, but contrary to what we know of nature.” So what happens when a miracle occurs, repeatedly, what can […]
The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire by David Deida Reviewed by David Lorimer The interface between spirituality and sexuality is a road less travelled in Western culture. While Indian and Chinese civilisation have long traditions in this respect […]
The Runes of Evolution: How the Universe became Self-Aware by Simon Conway Morris, FRS Reviewed by Martin Lockley Do we need another book on evolution? Although phrased somewhat differently, this is the question Simon Conway Morris asks, and answers positively by promising something “different.” Simon, a Cambridge paleobiologist has lectured at […]
Psychic Phenomena and the Brain: Exploring the Neuropsychology of Psi by Bryan J Williams Reviewed by Robert Charman Bryan Williams who is a Research Affiliate, Psychical Research Foundation, Texas, has written many articles on psi and has contributed the chapters on Revisiting the Ganzfeld Debate: A Basic Review and Assessment and […]
AGM 2016 Abstracts Conscious Evolution: from the Esoteric to the Exoteric Dr Chris Thomson There is no reason to suppose that human evolution has stopped. Indeed, our evolution seems to be continuing in at least four respects – physically, in consciousness and understanding, in character and behaviour, and in ability […]
Paul Kieniewicz talks about the fascinating story of how the astronomer Johannes Kepler came to discover that the planets in the Solar System move in tune to a certain music.
Dr. Sheela James discusses how mindfulness techniques borrowed from Eastern spiritual practices may be helpful for psychiatric patients.
What is complexity, where is it present and why is it important? These are the questions that are addressed by Dr. Vasileios Basios in this talk.