In Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (1998), Michael J. Behe makes a strong case on a biochemical level against Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Trudi H. Garland's Fascinating Fibonaccis: Mystery and Magic in Numbers (1987) is a basic introduction to a Fibonacci series, including an analysis of the numerical sequence and its relation to nature.

In Life's Other Secret: The New Mathematics of the Living World (1997), mathematician and award-winning science writer Ian Stewart considers the impact of mathematics as it relates to the origin, structure, and evolution of life.

Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues (1998), by Martin Curd, contains forty-six readings by leading thinkers of the twentieth century who address issues occupying the minds of both philosophers and scientists.

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