Looks at what science asks us to believe about aspects of reality, and considers the implications of accepting the scientific world view.

Focusing on the fundamentals of regolith geoscience, this title describes how regolith is developed from parental rocks and emphasises the importance of chemical, physical, water and biological processes in regolith formation. It provides details for mapping regolith landforms, as well as an history of weathering through time in Australia.

Counters the assumption that the brain is a paragon of design - and offers an explanation of how the brain's serendipitous evolution has resulted in nothing short of our humanity.