Greg 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.

"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, is fascinated by evolution, creativity, and Ice Age animals. Put them together, what do you get? Greg Graffin, and this uniquely fascinating book." -- Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse "A worldview eloquently expressed." -- Chicago Tribune "[Graffin] explains how evolution can be a guide to life." -- Scientific American "Humble, challenging, and inspiring... For Graffin, the appeal of both worlds was that, at their best, they challenged authority, dogma and given truths and opened up space for the anarchic process of creativity." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Graffin is one of those rare people who seem to have combined two lives into one. He's one of a small but growing number of atheists in the United States willing to talk about the damage they believe religion can do." -- Paste "Bucking authority and the religious views of his family, Graffin explains how he has developed a personal philosophy that celebrates the power of nature." -- Nature "Anarchy Evolution sets out to draw connections between evolution, naturalist thought and punk, an undertaking that might sound rife with the potential to be reachy-or preachy. But Graffin and Olson manage to weave the seemingly disparate concepts together into a satisfying narrative." -- LA Weekly "Whether you're a believer, an atheist, an agnostic, or anything in between, this is a necessary book." -- PopMatters

1. 3/5

   Skön blandning av Rockbiografi och Biologilektion

   Greg Graffin är nog mest känd som sångare i punkbandet Bad Religion. Men vid sidan av musikkarriären har han också studerat sig upp till en PhD i Evolutionsbiologi. Nu har han släppt en bok som ingående förklarar hans syn på världen, samtidigt som den är en biografi både över hans liv och lite kort om vår egen planet. Det är som att läsa en blandning mellan en rockbiografi och en vetenskaplig bok alá Dawkins "Illusionen om Gud". Och det funkar. Det är en väldigt intressant bok som gav mig flera "eye-openers" om hur evolutionen fungerar och om människans roll i ekosystemet. Med det sagt finns det en del segare bitar och vissa kapitel är fyllda av vetenskapliga termer som kan vara svåra att ta sig igenom. Men klarar man det är det här en intressant bok, både för Bad Religion fans och för folk med intresse för naturvetenskap.

   Morpheus

   29 november 2012

Greg 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.

"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, is fascinated by evolution, creativity, and Ice Age animals. Put them together, what do you get? Greg Graffin, and this uniquely fascinating book." -- Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse "A worldview eloquently expressed." -- Chicago Tribune "[Graffin] explains how evolution can be a guide to life." -- Scientific American "Humble, challenging, and inspiring... For Graffin, the appeal of both worlds was that, at their best, they challenged authority, dogma and given truths and opened up space for the anarchic process of creativity." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Graffin is one of those rare people who seem to have combined two lives into one. He's one of a small but growing number of atheists in the United States willing to talk about the damage they believe religion can do." -- Paste "Bucking authority and the religious views of his family, Graffin explains how he has developed a personal philosophy that celebrates the power of nature." -- Nature "Anarchy Evolution sets out to draw connections between evolution, naturalist thought and punk, an undertaking that might sound rife with the potential to be reachy-or preachy. But Graffin and Olson manage to weave the seemingly disparate concepts together into a satisfying narrative." -- LA Weekly "Whether you're a believer, an atheist, an agnostic, or anything in between, this is a necessary book." -- PopMatters

1. 3/5

   Skön blandning av Rockbiografi och Biologilektion

   Greg Graffin är nog mest känd som sångare i punkbandet Bad Religion. Men vid sidan av musikkarriären har han också studerat sig upp till en PhD i Evolutionsbiologi. Nu har han släppt en bok som ingående förklarar hans syn på världen, samtidigt som den är en biografi både över hans liv och lite kort om vår egen planet. Det är som att läsa en blandning mellan en rockbiografi och en vetenskaplig bok alá Dawkins "Illusionen om Gud". Och det funkar. Det är en väldigt intressant bok som gav mig flera "eye-openers" om hur evolutionen fungerar och om människans roll i ekosystemet. Med det sagt finns det en del segare bitar och vissa kapitel är fyllda av vetenskapliga termer som kan vara svåra att ta sig igenom. Men klarar man det är det här en intressant bok, både för Bad Religion fans och för folk med intresse för naturvetenskap.

   Morpheus

   29 november 2012