Books by Hassan Rasheed

The Camel's Hoof is about Earth. Most of us know we are doing damage to our environment and this book explains the origins and the extant of that damage through the fictional life of Maggie Smith. Maggie's story contrasts the industrial world's environment to that of the Amazon jungle as a backdrop to her struggles to find peace in her life. A peace that reconciles the modern with the primitive. It sets rules as what to and what not to do with focus always being the protection of a flourishing Earth.

A Gag Gift. A recipe for every day of the week and every week of the year. Sheet music for special occasions in the back.

A Gag Gift. A recipe for every day of the week and every week of the year. Sheet music for special occasions in the back.

Rich with intrigue, court battles and murder the novel Amazon is about the perils facing the future of the Amazonian river basin. It explains the effects of logging, mining and conservation efforts on the local indigenous populations that have lived there forever. The main characters are Maggie and her adopted daughter Olon who attempt to save the forests and their inhabitants from these modern forces that lack long range sightedness of the irreversible damage they are doing.

Human life arose on Earth more than three million years ago. How the first human cooperative systems emerged from seemingly selfish origins is an area of intense research, spanning biology, game theory and economics. Globus: The Economic Bases for Cooperation is a ground breaking book that reveals in 26 chapters paradigm busting ways on how to think about cooperating human groups in terms of efficiency of work and ultimately of reproduction. It represents the thinking of a leading philosopher/scientist on questions that engage us all on what cooperation is and how it evolves. Hassan Rasheed brings his ideas of cooperation through a shift of thinking to a wider audience of general readers by conveying clear science in an engaging narrative, explaining it in a way that isn't overwhelming for non-science majors and adds questions for the student to prompt critical thinking.

Altruism: The Economic Bases uncovers why we have not been able crack open the reason for its existence in economic and biological terms. In addition it proposes a way to look at altruism visa vie the population in which it exists with economic formulas that show altruism as a profitable mode of behavior contrary to popular belief. The book then concludes with an experiment in which the evolution of altruism is shown to be possible and sustainable in the computer laboratory. Hassan Rasheed brings his philosophy of life through a shift from traditional thinking to a wider audience by conveying clear science in an engaging narrative and adds questions to prompt critical analysis.

It has long been the desire of philosophers to have a way to express their ideas in terms of mathematical equations. "The God Equation" attempts to do just that. It starts out analyzing the philosophical question in biological terms of survival and evolutionary trends. It then proposes an equation for the concept of a God based on the ability of humans to cooperate or compete. In doing so, Hassan Rasheed has been able to bridge the long standing gap between evolution and religion. It is hoped these two subjects of study and worship can now coexist in harmony; a long lasting desire of many. Hassan Rasheed brings his ideas of God through a shift of thinking to a wider audience by conveying clear science in an engaging narrative for non-science majors and adds questions for the student to prompt critical analysis.

Book two is a compilation of Egyptian folk songs and games. All collected from the streets of Cairo and villages of Egypt around 1940's, 50's and 60's, most put to music and translated by Bahiga Mahmoud Sidki.