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We are looking for people who can write more detailed reviews of these and other books of interest.

"Thank God for Evolution", by Michael Dowd
    A ground-breaking attempt to bridge the gap, this is written by a religious individual who long resisted the scientific point of view, but who has since found that evolution fits into a religious world view.  Those with scientific backgrounds may get less out of it.

Coming reviews from Dr. Keep:

Getting Past No, Negotiating your way from confrontation to cooperation, Ury

Getting To Yes, Fisher & Ury

BLOG: Understanding the Information Reform that's Changing Your World, Hewitt

The Judas Economy: The Triumph of Capital and the Betrayal of Work, Wolman & Colamosca

Understanding Chemical Patents, Maynard

Should We Risk IT? Exploring Environmental Health and Technological Problem Solving, Kammen & Hassenzahl

The Scientists: The History of Science Told Through the Eyes of its Greatest Inventors, Gribbon

Asimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery

Voodoo Science: the Road from Foolishness to Fraud, Park

Circles, Burke (of "Connections" fame, PBS series)

The Axe Maker's Gift, Burke & Ornstein

The Encyclopedia of Pseudo-Science, Williams

Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds, Piattelli-Palmarini

Moral Calculations: Game Theory, Logic, and Human Fraility, Mero

The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less, Schwartz

Thought Contagion: How Belief Spreads Through Society, The New Science of Memes, Lynch

The Tipping Point, Gladwell

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Sagan

Viruses, Plagues, and History, Oldstone