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During the last half century, biologists have come to appreciate the central importance of biological information--stored in DNA and elsewhere in cells--to building new animal body plans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpanding on the compelling case he presented in his last book, \u003ci\u003eSignature in the Cell\u003c\/i\u003e, Meyer argues that the origin of this biological information, as well as other mysterious features of the Cambrian event, are best explained by the theory of intelligent design, rather than purely undirected evolutionary processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeyer's groundbreaking case for intelligent design is built on: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Mystery of the Missing Fossils: \u003c\/b\u003e A deep dive into the Cambrian fossil record, where complex animals appear suddenly without the ancestral precursors Darwin's theory requires.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Cambrian Information Explosion: \u003c\/b\u003e An exploration of the explosion of digital information--the genetic code--required to build the new animal forms of the period.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Failure of Neo-Darwinian Theory: \u003c\/b\u003e A rigorous critique of why the mutation and selection mechanism fails to produce the new genetic information and body plans that arose in the Cambrian period.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA New Theory of Biological Origins: \u003c\/b\u003e A powerful and evidence-based case for intelligent design as the best explanation for the origin of the information and complexity we see in the history of life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Evidence That Darwin Could Not Explain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Darwin knew there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. 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This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style--thorough, yet riveting--famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? 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Is this the next stage of evolution, or the beginning of the end?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Rise of Dataism: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover the emergence of a new religion where information is the ultimate value. What happens to human free will when external algorithms know us better than we know ourselves?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Future of Consciousness: \u003c\/b\u003e This groundbreaking book examines the decoupling of intelligence from consciousness and asks the fundamental question: will a world dominated by super-intelligence and AI have any room left for the human spirit?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his critically acclaimed international bestseller \u003cem\u003eSapiens\u003c\/em\u003e, Yuval Noah Harari explained how humankind came to rule the planet. In \u003cem\u003eHomo Deus\u003c\/em\u003e, he examines humanity's future, offering a vision of tomorrow that at first seems incomprehensible but soon looks undeniable: humanity will lose not only its dominance, but its very meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past century, humankind has managed to do the impossible: turn the uncontrollable forces of nature--namely, famine, plague, and war--into manageable challenges. Today more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists, and criminals combined. We are the only species in earth's long history that has single-handedly changed the entire planet, and we no longer expect any higher being to mold our destinies for us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? 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We are heading toward marriage rather than war.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the shape of the new world, and the gap between those who get on board and those left behind will be larger than the gap between industrial empires and agrarian tribes, larger even than the gap between Sapiens and Neanderthals. This is the next stage of evolution. This is \u003cem\u003eHomo Deus\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePROF. YUVAL NOAH HARARI is the author of \"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,\" which was an international bestseller published in more than 35 countries. He has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in world history. His research focuses on broad questions, such as: What is the relation between history and biology? Is there justice in history? Did people become happier as history unfolded?\u003cbr\u003e In 2012 Harari was awarded the annual Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality in the Humanistic Disciplines. 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This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style--thorough, yet riveting--famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? 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Barash\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal aspects of being human. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eHomo Mysterious \u003c\/em\u003eexamines a number of these evolutionary mysteries, exploring things that we don't yet know about ourselves, laying out the best current hypotheses, and pointing toward insights that scientists are just beginning to glimpse. Why do women experience orgasm? Why do men have a shorter lifespan than women? Why does homosexuality exist? Why does religion exist in virtually every culture? Why do we have a fondness for the arts? Why do we have such large brains? And why does consciousness exist? Readers are plunged into an ocean of unknowns--the blank spots on the human evolutionary map, the terra incognita of our own species--and are introduced to the major hypotheses that currently occupy scientists who are attempting to unravel each puzzle (including some solutions proposed here for the first time). Throughout the book, readers are invited to share the thrill of science at its cutting edge, a place where we know what we don't know, and, moreover, where we know enough to come up with some compelling and seductive explanations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eHomo Mysterious\u003c\/em\u003e is a guide to creative thought and future explorations, based on the best, most current thinking by evolutionary scientists. It captures the allure of the \"not-yet-known\" for those interested in stretching their scientific imaginations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid P. 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