Provides an introduction to the science of plants, combining the real-world examples with information on plant biodiversity and ecology, including topics like biotechnology, economic botany, and plant/human interactions. This book includes elements of botany: the structure, function, reproduction, p[...]

Science deeply challenges classical descriptions of the human person as free and as spirit. This survey of contemporary neuroscience and evolutionary biology explores why these challenges have arisen. At the same time it finds in the religious dimension of human existence powerful resources for spea[...]