May 8, 2012

  • Week 19: The 5th Miracle

    Your pretty basic book on the origin of life, from the science side. The title made me think it would be more philosophical, contrasting religion and science, but it was pretty much just science.

    The book went through the origin of the solar system, a brief explanation of DNA and evolution, and the many theories of the origin of life. It even threw in ALH84001, and had a whole chapter about life on Mars.

    I'll admit I skimmed it and was not at all impressed. At least the author's tone didn't make me feel dumb while reading.