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. . . Is now available for pre-order from Amazon Science is neither a philosophy nor a belief system. It is a combination of mental operations that has become increasingly the habit of educated peoples, a culture of illuminations hit upon by a fortunate turn of history that yielded the most effective way of learning about the real world ever conceived. E.O.Wilson

"A Chaplain" might be a good choice for book talk it is an eclectic mix of Dawkin's writings, quite unlike his earlier science-based books. He attacks post modernism, quack medicine, all kinds of spiritualism etc. There is a eulogy for his friend Douglas Adams (The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy) and a fascinating letter he wrote to his daughter when she was ten, warning her to be careful what to believe and how she should decide between competing arguments.

Is on the shelf at Borders. Science is neither a philosophy nor a belief system. It is a combination of mental operations that has become increasingly the habit of educated peoples, a culture of illuminations hit upon by a fortunate turn of history that yielded the most effective way of learning about the real world ever conceived. E.O.Wilson

This book might make a good choice for our Jan. & Feb. poll.Chris "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,for there you have been, and there you will always want to be."