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FREE BOOK: The Life and Death of NSSM 200: How the Destruction of Political Will Doomed a US Population Policy

Posted by Authors, Books, Stephen D. Mumford 4 Apr 2012

Given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome, we are making “The Life and Death of NSSM 200” by N4CM Chairman Dr Stephen D. Mumford freely available to download. Dr Mumford brings to bear overwhelming evidence of the anti-democratic and anti-American machinations of the Vatican and US Catholic bishops as they have sought to destroy all initiatives for family planning [...]

FREE BOOK: American Democracy and the Vatican

Posted by Authors, Books, Highlights, Stephen D. Mumford 16 Mar 2012

Given this November’s US presidential election and the Catholic Church’s immense stake in the outcome, we are making “American Democracy and the Vatican” freely available to download. It is written by N4CM Chairman Stephen D. Mumford, DrPH, Founder and President of the North Carolina-based Center for Research on Population and Security. Dr Mumford is the leading authority on population, economics, and [...]

FREE BOOK: The Pope and the New Apocalypse

Posted by Authors, Books, Highlights, Stephen D. Mumford 8 Mar 2012

Conservative lawmakers around the US have launched one of the most extreme assaults on women’s choice the US has seen in decades. We are therefore making “The Pope and the New Apocalypse: The Holy War Against Family Planning”, a 80-page book on the efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to sabotage or terminate family planning programmes, freely available to download. It is written by N4CM Chairman Stephen D. Mumford [...]

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

Posted by Books, Editor's Choice, Futurism 14 Dec 2011

Excerpt from Ray Kurzweil’s “The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology”. Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future; he has received honours from three U.S. presidents. His intriguing new book envisions a future in which information technologies have advanced so far and fast that they enable humanity to transcend its biological limitations – transforming our lives in ways we can’t yet imagine.

Biocentrism by Robert Lanza with Bob Berman

Posted by Books, Highlights 5 Dec 2011

Excerpt from “Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe” by Robert Lanza with Bob Berman. Robert Lanza is a world-renowned scientist who has spanned many fields from drug delivery to stem cells to preventing animal extinction. He has teamed with Bob Berman, the most widely read astronomer in the world, to produce “Biocentrism”, a revolutionary new view of the universe.

In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind

Posted by Books 3 Jun 2011

Exclusive excerpt from Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel’s book, “In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind”. Kandel is one of the world’s most renowned neuroscientists. A deft mixture of memoir and history, modern biology and behaviour, “In Search of Memory” traces how a brilliant scientist’s intellectual journey intersected with one of the great scientific endeavours of the twentieth century: the search for the biological basis of memory.

Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future

Posted by Books 21 May 2011

Exclusive excerpt from Robert Reich’s book, “Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future”. Persuasively and straightforwardly, Reich reveals how precarious the US situation still is. The “aftershock” of the Great Recession includes long-term high unemployment and a political backlash – a crisis, Reich notes with a sort of grim optimism, that just might be painful enough to encourage necessary structural reforms.

On Intelligence

Posted by Books, Futurism, Highlights 25 Sep 2011

Excerpt from “On Intelligence” by Jeff Hawkins with Sandra Blakeslee. Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, the Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a powerful theory of how the human brain works, explaining how, based on this new theory, we can finally build intelligent machines.

Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense

Posted by Books, Editor's Choice 12 Sep 2011

Excerpt from Jonathan Moreno’s book, “Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense”. An edge-of-your seat investigation into the intertwining worlds of science, technology, and government, “Mind Wars” is the first ever systematic overview of brain research and national security. Moreno, one of the best-known bioethicists in the US, calls for the scientific community to be more engaged in dealing with the unintended consequences of their work.

Genetics of Original Sin: The Impact of Natural Selection on the Future of Humanity

Posted by Books, Editor's Choice 30 Aug 2011

Excerpt from Nobel Laureate Christian de Duve and Neil Patterson’s book, “Genetics of Original Sin: The Impact of Natural Selection on the Future of Humanity”. Eminent biologist Christian de Duve considers how and why the success of the human species on Earth threatens the future of many living species, including humankind itself. To turn the situation around, we will have to find in the resources of our minds a wisdom that is not written in our genes.

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