Life Sciences - Evolution
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The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
$19.99 Add to cartIn this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, “our greatest living chronicler of the natural world” (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discov… [more below]
- Author: Quammen, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 1476776636
- Language: English
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Purpose: What Evolution and Human Nature Imply about the Meaning of Our Existence
$29.95 Read moreA Next Big Idea Club Must-Read
By using principles from a variety of scientific disciplines, Yale Professor Samuel Wilkinson provides a framework for human evolution that reveals an overarching purpo- Author: Wilkinson, Samuel T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365176
- Language: English
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A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You
$15.95 Read more“Fascinating and exhilarating–Sean B. Carroll at his very best.”–Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for Occupants
From acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll, a rollicking, awe-inspiri- Author: Carroll, Sean B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0691234698
- Language: English
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Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History
$24.99 Add to cartMore than any other modern scientist, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to use his knowledge of t
- Author: Gould, Stephen Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: July 01 1992
- ISBN10: 0393308189
- Language: English
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
$37.50 Add to cartOfficial U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sa
- Author: Harari, Yuval Noah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0062464310
- Language: English
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Symbiotic Planet: A New Look at Evolution
$18.99 Add to cartAlthough Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution laid the foundations of modern biology, it did not tell the whole story. Most remarkably, The Origin of Species said very little about, of all things, the… [more below]
- Author: Margulis, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 08 1999
- ISBN10: 0465072720
- Language: English
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Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
$18.95 Add to cartThe Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there’s a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life f
- Author: Lane, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 21 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352978
- Language: English
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The Code Breaker — Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code
$8.99 Add to cartWalter Isaacson’s #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers!… [more below]
- Author: Isaacson, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1665910674
- Language: English
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The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens–And Ourselves
$18.00 Add to cartA wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like
Scientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the universe. Yet rather than taking a realistic approach to wh- Author: Kershenbaum, Arik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1984881981
- Language: English
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Darwin’s Origin of Species
$16.00 Add to cartCharles Darwin’s foremost biographer, Janet Browne, delivers a vivid and accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human. A sensation on its pu… [more below]
- Series: Books That Changed the World
- Author: Browne, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 18 2008
- ISBN10: 0802143466
- Language: English
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
$9.99 Add to cart“A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . It’s a delight.”–The New York Times
Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure,- Author: Sagan, Carl
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 271
- Publish Date: December 12 1986
- ISBN10: 0345346297
- Language: English
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A Brief History of the Female Body: An Evolutionary Look at How and Why the Female Form Came to Be
$27.99 Read moreFrom breasts and orgasms to periods, pregnancies, and menopause–A Brief History of the Female Body is a fascinating science book explaining the mysteries of the female body through an evolutionary le
- Author: Emera, Deena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1728249406
- Language: English
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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
$29.99 Add to cartBy the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a “brilliant” and “beautifully told” new history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree
- Author: Brusatte, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0062951513
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation
$16.95 Add to cartFrom the first microbial exchanges of DNA to Tinder and sexbots, how did sex begin, and how did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence do our genetic ancestors have on our cur
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Baker, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1891011340
- Language: English
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A Brief History of the Female Body: An Evolutionary Look at How and Why the Female Form Came to Be
$18.99 Read moreFrom breasts and orgasms to periods, pregnancies, and menopause–A Brief History of the Female Body is a fascinating science book explaining the mysteries of the female body through an evolutionary le
- Author: Emera, Deena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1728275156
- Language: English
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Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe
$24.99 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen Meyer, presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology.
- Author: Meyer, Stephen C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 4, 2023
- ISBN10: 0062071513
- Language: English
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A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
$19.00 Add to cartThe Royal Society’s Science Book of the Year
“[A]n exuberant romp through evolution, like a modern-day Willy Wonka of genetic space. Gee’s grand tour enthusiastically details the narrative underlying- Author: Gee, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250876885
- Language: English
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Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe
$32.50 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen Meyer, presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology.
- Author: Meyer, Stephen C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0062071505
- Language: English
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The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
$18.95 Add to cartChallenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we shou
- Author: Hoffman, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 08, 2022
- ISBN10: 0393541487
- Language: English
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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
$24.99 Add to cartBy the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a “brilliant” and “beautifully told” new history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree
- Author: Brusatte, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 0062951556
- Language: English
