Anarchy Evolution

About this book

"[Graffin] explains how evolution can be a guide to life." - Scientific AmericanIn this passionate polemic, Greg Graffin argues that art and science have a deep connection. He describes his own coming-of-age as an artist and the formation of his naturalist worldview over the past three decades. Anarchy Evolution sheds new light on the longstanding debate on religion and the human condition. It is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if God really exists."Take one man who rejects authority and religion and leads a punk band. Take another man who wonders whether vertebrates arose in rivers or in the ocean and is fascinated by evolution, creativity, and Ice Age animals. Put them together, and what do you get? Greg Graffin, and this uniquely fascinating book." - Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and SteelGreg Graffin is the lead vocalist and songwriter of Bad Religion. He obtained his PhD in zoology at Cornell University, and has served as a lecturer in life sciences and paleontology at UCLA. He splits his time between Ithaca, New York, and Los Angeles.Steve Olson is an award-winning science writer, a consultant for the National Academy of Sciences, and the author of Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins, a National Book Award finalist.Biologia / Filosofia / Religião e Espiritualidade