Book Review: "Hindu-Christian Dialogue: Perspectives and Encounters"

Book Review: Galactic Encounters

" Galactic Encounters " by Sheehan and Conselice provides a view of galaxies telling the story of how astronomers have pieced together what is known about the modern view of the Universe. The book helps the reader to understand " why " we know what we do, not simply " what, " starting with the development of the telescope that coincides with the modern picture of the Universe. William Sheehan i...

Book Review Perspectives

Book Review Facial Attractiveness: Evolutionary, Cognitive, and Social Perspectives

Edited volumes are an imperfect format for the presentation of ideas, not least because their goals vary. Sometimes they aim simply to survey the field, at other times to synthesize and advance the field. I prefer the former for disciplines that by their nature are not disposed to achieve definitive statements (philosophy, for example). A volume on an empirical topic, however, by my judgment fa...

Book review: Empirical Bioethics: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

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