Hello, I am very new to these forums.

 

I have been reading a few different books (in a few different areas of education) over the last few weeks and I was curious as to the opinion you people may have of them, and if anyone knows of counter points (books) to each respective book please let me know- as I like to have many sides to the same "story" to help form my own conclusion.

 

The books are:

Genome by Matt Ridley

The God delusion by Richard Dawkins

...On the Origin of the Species... by Charles Darwin

Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson

The End of Faith, Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Of the books you have listed I've only read "Genome", which I enjoyed quite a bit.

 

Although not really a counterpoint to "Genome", a book that offers an intriguing view of genomic data is "The Triple Helix" by Lewontin. I almost hate to recommend it though, I thought it was fairly downbeat and pessimistic.

 

Later, R.