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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Insects (Fireside Books)
by Ross H Arnett
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Whether you are a novice or experienced collector, student, farmer, or weekend gardener, you will find "Simon & Schuster's Guide to Insects" a highly authoritative, startlingly beautiful field guide to 350 insect species commonly found throughout... ( read more)
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Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
by Robert Sullivan
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Do not attempt this at home! Last time we heard from Sullivan, he was
braving the polluted Meadowlands in a canoe. Now, in Rats, he shares his
year of nights in a lower Manhattan alley, watching rats in their
natural habitat to learn what he can... ( read more)
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Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
by Michael J Behe
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Virtually all serious scientists accept the truth of Darwin's theory of evolution. While the fight for its acceptance has been a long and difficult one, after a century of struggle among the cognoscenti the battle is over. Biologists are now confident... ( read more)
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Climbing Mount Improbable
by Richard Dawkins
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A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and... ( read more)
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The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - And Why They Matter
by Marc Bekoff
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In this important book, world-renowned biologist Marc Bekoff questions the conventional scientific “wisdom” that denies animal emotions. He makes a strong case for something that every animal lover and pet owner already knows: animals have... ( read more)
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A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life
by J Craig Venter
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The triumphant memoir of the man behind one of the greatest feats in scientific history Of all the scientific achievements of the past century, perhaps none can match the deciphering of the human genetic code, both for its technical brilliance and for... ( read more)
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Biology for Dummies(r) (For Dummies)
by Donna Rae Siegfried
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All U.S. students study natural science to prepare for college -- and a knowledge of biology can help people better understand recent advances in biotechnology, the theory of evolution, an their own plain-English explanations and practical examples, and... ( read more)
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The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
by Robert Wright
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Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animal one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind... ( read more)
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
by Sean B. Carroll
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An introduction to evolutionary developmental biology demonstrates how the many forms of animals evolved and came into being, documenting how the Evo Devo branch of science proved that all animal organs and appendages, from arms and legs to wings and... ( read more)
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Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues
by Frank Ryan
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In a book that takes readers into the "hot zones" of today's most dangerous viral outbreaks, Dr. Frank Ryan presents a radical theory about the origins of these deadly microbes, and reveals what research scientists and doctors are doing to try and... ( read more)
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The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life
by Werner Loewenstein
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No one can escape a sense of wonder when looking at an organism from within. From the humblest amoeba to man, from the smallest cell organelle to the amazing human brain, life presents us with example after example of highly ordered cellular matter... ( read more)
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Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
by Sharon Moalem and Jonathan Prince
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In "Survival of the Sickest," medical wunderkind Dr. Moalem delves back into the evolution of man to reveal the heretofore unknown and astonishing ways the human body is built to survive.... ( read more)
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The web of life :a new scientific understanding of living systems
by Fritjof Capra
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In his international bestsellers The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point, Fritjof Capra juxtaposed physics and mysticism to define a new vision of reality. In The Web of Life, he takes yet another giant step forward, describing the interrelationships... ( read more)
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Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory (Modern Library Chronicles)
by Edward J. Larson
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"I often said before starting, that I had no doubt I should frequently repent of the whole undertaking." So wrote Charles Darwin aboard The Beagle, bound for the Galapagos Islands and what would arguably become the greatest and most controversial... ( read more)
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Bonobo
by Frans De Waal
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This remarkable primate with the curious name is challenging established views on human evolution. The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-centered, egalitarian species that has been dubbed the make-love-not-war primate by specialists. In... ( read more)
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Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
by Stephen Jay Gould
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Few would question the truism that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution; that the defining thrust of life's history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex; that the disappearance of .400... ( read more)
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Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution
by Kenneth R Miller
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Question: Who made us? Answer #1: God made us. Answer #2: Evolution made us. Which is it? What is the true answer to the age-old question of where we came from? Is it even possible to know for sure? In Finding Darwin's God, Kenneth R. Miller offers a... ( read more)
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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
by Laurie Garrett
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In this gripping, often harrowing study, Laurie Garrett takes readers on a 50-year journey through the world's battles with microbes, and examines the conditions that have culminated in recurrent outbreaks of newly discovered diseases, epidemics of... ( read more)
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Lying Stones of Marrakech
by Stephen Jay Gould
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Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged. Ever since the late 1970s, his monthly essay in Natural History and his full-length books have bridged the yawning gap between science and wider culture... ( read more)
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Created from Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism
by James Rachels
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From Bishop Wilberforce in the 1860s to the advocates of "creation science" today, defenders of traditional mores have condemned Darwin's theory of evolution as a threat to society's values. Darwin's defenders, like Stephen Jay Gould, have usually... ( read more)
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