D DAY FOR DARWIN


July 1 kicks off the big year for Charles Darwin. July 1, 2008, is the 150th anniversary of the first announcement of Darwin’s discovery of natural selection—until recently considered the main driving force of evolution.

This still remains a fundamental principle. During recent years, however, science has dramatically expanded the picture for human evolution. Underway is a significant shift from the old “kill thy neighbor” to a startling new “love thy neighbor” perspective.

Pioneering brain research, humanistic psychology, chaos theory, evolutionary systems science, as well as in physics and biology—in fields across the full spectrum for science evidence of a far more hopeful new perspective on human evolution is emerging.

Along with Darwin’s own long ignored moral-action-oriented completion for his theory of evolution, this hopeful new mix for science is the subject of a new six book Darwin Anniversary Book Cycle being published by the Benjamin Franklin Press. First books for the Cycle are now entering the global book stream through Amazon, Powells, Barnes & Noble, and through other online book sellers worldwide, with availability in book stores through the largest U.S. distributor, Ingrams.

Bankrolling Evolution

First of the six, Bankrolling Evolution: A Program for a President, links the concerns of European and Asian as well as American scientists directly to the current political situation in America. The book shows how the disasters of Bush years policies in America were driven by old model “survival of the fittest” and “selfish gene” Darwinism. Openly aligned to the shift to progressive leadership, it shows how under an Obama U.S. presidency the hopeful new scientific mix can be put to use to meet the immense environmental, political, economic, and social challenges we face globally.

Measuring Evolution

Second in the new Darwin Cycle, Measuring Evolution: A Leadership Guide to the Health and Wealth of Nations, is a report of the development of a new measure of local, national, and global health and wellbeing based on a new reconstruction of Darwin’s theory and the findings of modern scientific fields that corroborate it. Designed to provide a guide to more effective action for bettering our situation worldwide, the Global Sounding monitors a “new Darwinian” full range for evolution—from cosmic, chemical, and biological, to cultural, moral, and spiritual evolution.

Darwin’s Lost Theory

Third and core book for the Cycle, Darwin’s Lost Theory, uncovers the full picture for the revolutionary, yet strangely ignored, “second half” for Darwin’s theory of evolution. It tells of how Darwin's observations of the primacy of mutual aid, education, love, and moral sensitivity for human evolution were "buried in plain sight" during 100 years of our fixation on “survival of the fittest” —even though Darwin himself specifically insisted “other agencies” are more important at our level of evolution. It shows how recognition of this “lost” Darwinian theory could have changed the 20th century for the better—and can still help do the same for the 21st century.

Darwin on Love

Fourth for the Cycle is Darwin on Love. Long scattered throughout Darwin’s writings are ninety five stories of the love and sex life of an intriguing range of animals. Through the charm and delight of Darwin’s own love story—and the insights and humor of these ninety five stories of love and sex for the first time brought together here—this book provides an engaging introduction to the story and theory of Darwin for readers of all ages.

The Derailing of Evolution

Fifth for the Cycle, forthcoming in 2009, is The Derailing of Evolution. Detailing the dramatic, century-long battle of progressive scientists against the distortion of Darwin’s theory, this book reveals the power of how our minds can be seized by an over-riding paradigm that—with the best intentions of even the brightest of minds—can blindly drive us toward destruction. It underlines the importance of a new Darwinian model combining both parts of Darwin’s original vision of what in reality drives us ahead, checks us in place, or drives us backward in evolution.

Telling the New Story

Sixth for the Cycle, also for publication in 2009, Telling the New Story, is the first of a series on a new updating and expansion for the science and story of evolution by innovative educators. From grade school through graduate studies—with crucial attention to the media—the series will provide teacher’s guides and curricula designed to accelerate a shift in education from fixation on old model Darwinism to a new model science and story of “a place for every one of us in evolution.”

The Backstage Story

Behind this Darwin Anniversary Book Cycle lies the amazing story of how it came to be written and only published now after nearly twenty years.

All six books are the result of nearly two decades of research and writing by a single author: psychologist, evolutionary systems scientist, and author of the award-winning The Healing of a Nation, David Loye.

During the Cold War days, with the threat of nuclear annihilation hanging over the world, Loye was one of a handful of scientists from both sides of the Iron Curtain who met secretly in Budapest to see if they might jointly develop an alternative to the “old Darwinian” theory and mindset of “survival of the fittest” and “selfish genes” then driving the U.S. and Russia toward mutual destruction.

Out of this historic venture came the formation of two groups of leading American, European, and Asian scientists and educators to pursue this goal. Out of their research came Loye’s discovery of Darwin’s long ignored “higher” theory. Out of this potential scientific bombshell came the uphill battle against the old Darwinian paradigm for science, politics, economics, and the conservative take-over for late 20th century American publishing the new Darwin series reports.

For the rescue, reconstruction, and joining of Darwin’s lost “top half” to the “first half” for his theory of evolution, Dr.Loye has been widely hailed.

“...everyone concerned with our understanding of evolution on this planet owes Loye a deep debt of gratitude...Of urgent importance to the intellectual discourse of our time...has brought his unique erudition to an enormous and critical task, and carried it off with genius...Should cause a revolution in social theory...Dramatically changes our understanding of Darwin and of evolution itself...One of the major books of the early Twenty-First Century," internationally eminent scientists have written of the key book for the Cycle, Darwin’s Lost Theory.

For the six new Darwin Anniversary Cycle books, the Benjamin Franklin Press provides a “look inside” at covers, contents, author bio, and key chapters on its website: www.benjaminfranklinpress.com.
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