[gleeaikin]

I mistyped the first book it should be "Darwin's Ghost"

I recently read a book about the Gulf Stream. Apparently Columbus knew about the equatorial current that flows away from Spain to the Azores and then across the Atlantic before hooking up with the Gulf Stream. Wherever he traveled he looked at old maps, spoke with experienced seamen and picked as many brains as possible. He went to as many coastal ports on the extreme west of Europe as he could, even in the British Isles, where he saw seeds and vegetation that had been washed there from the New World.

He didn't accidently discover America, he "knew" there was something there all the time. He just had the name wrong.

[RHINO369]

I think he wants to know more about DNA analysis than evolution. I think the way they can tell if two men are related is by comparing Y chromosomes. You carry the exact same (well almost exact there can be mutations) Y chromosome as your father. So if you find 15 guys in Italy with Y chromosomes that match matches Columbus's Y chromosome, they are related.

[Publius6961]

Thank you for that list. Although Rhino369 is correct, books on evolution can be also interesting, though not my present interest. The understanding and manipulation of DNA is what fascinates me now and the possible limits of genetic engineering as well as the progress of mapping every nook and cranny.

I think using DNA, microbiology and genetic engineering in the evolution-creation catfight is a wate of time. It bores me.

Yes, whichever side I embrace is irrelevant, as is anyone else's faith, whatever form it takes.