looking for good books

Ahhh if only more of us would turn off the boobtube and read a good book. I think part of the unreachableness of science for many poeple is that they refuse to sit down and read a good book about it. Of course separating the good science from the just plain bad could be problematic for the uneducated, but I think that the more you read the more likely you are to see the wheat for the chaff. As far as good reads go I enjoy many of Carl Sagan's writings especially "A Candle in the Dark", "Broca's Brain", "Pale Blue Dot", well just about all of them are inspiring for me. Stephen J. Gould is a very lucid writer and has a range of subjects hit upon, from baseball to evolution. Rick Potts "Humanities Descent: The Consequences of Ecological Instability" was well written. I just wish more poeple would take the time to read and educate themselves and discuss ideas rather than commit to ideologies and dogmatic assertations. Having a questioning mind and a sceptical attitude with a dash of amazement can go a long way

This is in answer to a reply Mike gave in an Micro-evolution thread after a fearful threat of trampling by a certain admin for off topic discussion.I think you missed my point Mike. I am certainly glad that you have tried to understand the scientific evidence for evolution. The point is that few creationists that I have seen on this board have actually chekced out the information that has been presented to them. They continue to repeat statements that have been debunked repeatedly. If you would ask about say, genetic drift or genetic flow, you would probably get an answer that a layman could understand. Questions are great. The problem comes about when the question is answered or it is asked that the questioner educate himself a little bit and he refuses to.Never stop questioning, but learn to question what you know as well. Part of doing good science is understanding that you could be wrong, that we have been wrong before and will be wrong again in the future. This does not detract from the fact that many of the answers we have come up are very close to being correct, that we are increasing the "body" of knowledge which we possess.By the way, I am not sure where you are in your education but i would propose that you start by reading some books that have been presented by the people on this board. You could start looking through these here on this thread. I am sure they would be absolutely delighted to answer any questions you had on these books. It would go a long way toward your education and help bridge the gap in coming to a mutual understanding. You might even try reading what evolutionists say about micro and macro evolution. Then ask questions on what you do not understand if there is anything you don't.
As an aside, I have quite a few pieces of creationist literature, from various sources, that i have read as a way of trying to understand where they are coming from. I have also read the bible, front to back .