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Simple Guides The Theory of Evolution
Written by John Scotney
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $10.95
Today the theory of evolution by natural selection and the science of genetics are the twin keys to our understanding of how life on earth came about. Yet when an English naturalist called Charles Darwin first published his ideas in 1859 in a book called On the Origin of Species the... Read more >
Written by John Scotney
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $10.95
Today the theory of evolution by natural selection and the science of genetics are the twin keys to our understanding of how life on earth came about. Yet when an English naturalist called Charles Darwin first published his ideas in 1859 in a book called On the Origin of Species the... Read more >
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The Darwin Experience
The Story of the Man and His Theory of Evolution
Written by John Van Wyhe
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $50.00
Celebrating both the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the electrifying publication of On the Origin of Species, here’s the story of the man and the theory that opened a new chapter in the history of science—transformed into an engaging interactive experience that invites readers to unfold... Read more >
The Story of the Man and His Theory of Evolution
Written by John Van Wyhe
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $50.00
Celebrating both the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the electrifying publication of On the Origin of Species, here’s the story of the man and the theory that opened a new chapter in the history of science—transformed into an engaging interactive experience that invites readers to unfold... Read more >
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On the Origin of Form
Evolution by Self-Organization
Written by Stuart Pivar
Preface by Mark A.S. McMenamin Ph.D
Afterword by Richard Milner
Contribution by Stephen Jay Gould
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $24.95
On the Origin of Form presents a new account of evolution and the origin of life based on the premise that the body form of any species is encoded not in the DNA but in the patterned structure of the primordial germ plasm—the universal predecessor of the egg.
Two hundred years... Read more >
Evolution by Self-Organization
Written by Stuart Pivar
Preface by Mark A.S. McMenamin Ph.D
Afterword by Richard Milner
Contribution by Stephen Jay Gould
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $24.95
On the Origin of Form presents a new account of evolution and the origin of life based on the premise that the body form of any species is encoded not in the DNA but in the patterned structure of the primordial germ plasm—the universal predecessor of the egg.
Two hundred years... Read more >
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Your Inner Fish
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Written by Neil Shubin
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $13.95
Details on a Major New Discovery included in a New Afterword
Why do we look the way we do? Neil Shubin, the paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the “fish with hands,” tells the story of our bodies as you've never heard it before. By examining fossils and DNA, he... Read more >
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Written by Neil Shubin
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $13.95
Details on a Major New Discovery included in a New Afterword
Why do we look the way we do? Neil Shubin, the paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the “fish with hands,” tells the story of our bodies as you've never heard it before. By examining fossils and DNA, he... Read more >
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The Origin of Species
Written by Charles Darwin
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $6.95
Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific imagination, The Origin of Species sold out on the day it was published in 1859. Theologians quickly labeled Charles Darwin the most dangerous man in England, and, as the Saturday Review noted, the uproar over the book quickly "passed... Read more >
Written by Charles Darwin
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $6.95
Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific imagination, The Origin of Species sold out on the day it was published in 1859. Theologians quickly labeled Charles Darwin the most dangerous man in England, and, as the Saturday Review noted, the uproar over the book quickly "passed... Read more >
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Your Inner Fish
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Written by Neil Shubin
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $24.00
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most... Read more >
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Written by Neil Shubin
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $24.00
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most... Read more >
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Your Inner Fish
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Written by Neil Shubin
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $13.95
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most... Read more >
A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Written by Neil Shubin
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $13.95
Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most... Read more >
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Evolution for Everyone
How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
Written by David Sloan Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $15.00
What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories that entertain as much as they... Read more >
How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
Written by David Sloan Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $15.00
What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories that entertain as much as they... Read more >
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Intelligent Thought
Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement
Edited by John Brockman
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explains the origin and design of living things, but highlights the importance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in our lives.
Recently... Read more >
Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement
Edited by John Brockman
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explains the origin and design of living things, but highlights the importance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in our lives.
Recently... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Snowball Earth
The Story of a Maverick Scientist and His Theory of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It
Written by Gabrielle Walker
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator? In Snowball Earth, gifted writer Gabrielle Walker has crafted an intriguing global adventure story, following maverick scientist Paul Hoffman’s quest to prove a theory so audacious and profound that it... Read more >
The Story of a Maverick Scientist and His Theory of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It
Written by Gabrielle Walker
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator? In Snowball Earth, gifted writer Gabrielle Walker has crafted an intriguing global adventure story, following maverick scientist Paul Hoffman’s quest to prove a theory so audacious and profound that it... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Evolution for Everyone
How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
Written by David Sloan Wilson
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $24.00
What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories that entertain as much as they... Read more >
How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
Written by David Sloan Wilson
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $24.00
What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories that entertain as much as they... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Evolution for Everyone
How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
Written by David Sloan Wilson
Format: eBook, 200 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $15.00
What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories that entertain as much as they... Read more >
How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
Written by David Sloan Wilson
Format: eBook, 200 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $15.00
What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories that entertain as much as they... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Bringing Back the Dodo
Lessons in Natural and Unnatural History
Written by Wayne Grady
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Price: $19.95
This is a strikingly thought-provoking book about how the forces of evolution and extinction have shaped the living world, and the part that humans play therein. These elegant and penetrating essays speak to some of our most fundamental questions about the human and animal worlds, and confirm Grady’s standing as one... Read more >
Lessons in Natural and Unnatural History
Written by Wayne Grady
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Price: $19.95
This is a strikingly thought-provoking book about how the forces of evolution and extinction have shaped the living world, and the part that humans play therein. These elegant and penetrating essays speak to some of our most fundamental questions about the human and animal worlds, and confirm Grady’s standing as one... Read more >
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Evolving God
A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion
Written by Barbara J. King
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2007
Price: $26.00
This cutting-edge book—with echoes of both Jane Goodall and Joseph Campbell—adds a fascinating new dimension to the debate about the origins of religion.
The study of evolution has uncovered invaluable information about many aspects of human behavior and culture, from the physiology of our bodies and brains to the development of hunting... Read more >
A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion
Written by Barbara J. King
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2007
Price: $26.00
This cutting-edge book—with echoes of both Jane Goodall and Joseph Campbell—adds a fascinating new dimension to the debate about the origins of religion.
The study of evolution has uncovered invaluable information about many aspects of human behavior and culture, from the physiology of our bodies and brains to the development of hunting... Read more >
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Intelligent Thought
Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement
Edited by John Brockman
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $14.95
Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explains the origin and design of living things, but highlights the importance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in our lives.
Recently... Read more >
Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement
Edited by John Brockman
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $14.95
Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explains the origin and design of living things, but highlights the importance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in our lives.
Recently... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Snowball Earth
The Story of a Maverick Scientist and His Theory of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It
Written by Gabrielle Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2004
Price: $13.95
Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator? In Snowball Earth, gifted writer Gabrielle Walker has crafted an intriguing global adventure story, following maverick scientist Paul Hoffman’s quest to prove a theory so audacious and profound that it... Read more >
The Story of a Maverick Scientist and His Theory of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It
Written by Gabrielle Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2004
Price: $13.95
Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator? In Snowball Earth, gifted writer Gabrielle Walker has crafted an intriguing global adventure story, following maverick scientist Paul Hoffman’s quest to prove a theory so audacious and profound that it... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Origin of Species and The Voyage of the 'Beagle'
Written by Charles Darwin
Introduction by Richard Dawkins
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $32.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin’s The Origin of Species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On its appearance in 1859 it was immediately recognized by enthusiasts and detractors alike as a work of the... Read more >
Written by Charles Darwin
Introduction by Richard Dawkins
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $32.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin’s The Origin of Species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On its appearance in 1859 it was immediately recognized by enthusiasts and detractors alike as a work of the... Read more >
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Darwin for Beginners
Written by Jonathan Miller and Borin Van Loon
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2003
Price: $12.00
The Beginner Books -- "Their cartoon format and irreverent wit make difficult ideas accessible and entertaining."
-- Newsday
aking us through the upheavals in biological thought which made The Origins of Species possible, Jonathan Miller introduces us to that odd revolutionary, Charles Darwin -- a remarkably timid man who spent most of his... Read more >
Written by Jonathan Miller and Borin Van Loon
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2003
Price: $12.00
The Beginner Books -- "Their cartoon format and irreverent wit make difficult ideas accessible and entertaining."
-- Newsday
aking us through the upheavals in biological thought which made The Origins of Species possible, Jonathan Miller introduces us to that odd revolutionary, Charles Darwin -- a remarkably timid man who spent most of his... Read more >
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Charles Darwin
The Power of Place
Written by Janet Browne
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $37.50
In 1858 Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down House in the Kent countryside, respected by fellow biologists and well liked among his wide and distinguished circle of acquaintances. He was not yet a focus of debate; his “big book on species” still lay on... Read more >
The Power of Place
Written by Janet Browne
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $37.50
In 1858 Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down House in the Kent countryside, respected by fellow biologists and well liked among his wide and distinguished circle of acquaintances. He was not yet a focus of debate; his “big book on species” still lay on... Read more >
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Trilobite
Eyewitness to Evolution
Written by Richard Fortey
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $15.00
With Trilobite, Richard Fortey, paleontologist and author of the acclaimed Life, offers a marvelously written, smart and compelling, accessible and witty scientific narrative of the most ubiquitous of fossil creatures.
Trilobites were shelled animals that lived in the oceans over five hundred million years ago. As bewilderingly diverse then as the beetle... Read more >
Eyewitness to Evolution
Written by Richard Fortey
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $15.00
With Trilobite, Richard Fortey, paleontologist and author of the acclaimed Life, offers a marvelously written, smart and compelling, accessible and witty scientific narrative of the most ubiquitous of fossil creatures.
Trilobites were shelled animals that lived in the oceans over five hundred million years ago. As bewilderingly diverse then as the beetle... Read more >
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Nonzero
The Logic of Human Destiny
Written by Robert Wright
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2001
Price: $16.95
In his bestselling The Moral Animal, Robert Wright applied the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of the human mind. Now Wright attempts something even more ambitious: explaining the direction of evolution and human history–and discerning where history will lead us next.
In Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, Wright asserts... Read more >
The Logic of Human Destiny
Written by Robert Wright
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2001
Price: $16.95
In his bestselling The Moral Animal, Robert Wright applied the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of the human mind. Now Wright attempts something even more ambitious: explaining the direction of evolution and human history–and discerning where history will lead us next.
In Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, Wright asserts... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Mating Mind
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
Written by Geoffrey Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2001
Price: $16.95
At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, The Mating Mind marks the arrival of a prescient and provocative new science writer. Psychologist Geoffrey Miller offers the most convincing–and radical–explanation for how and why the human mind evolved.
Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these... Read more >
How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
Written by Geoffrey Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2001
Price: $16.95
At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, The Mating Mind marks the arrival of a prescient and provocative new science writer. Psychologist Geoffrey Miller offers the most convincing–and radical–explanation for how and why the human mind evolved.
Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these... Read more >
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Darwin's Ghost
The Origin of Species Updated
Written by Steve Jones
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2001
Price: $17.00
Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species is probably the best-known, least-read book. One of the most important achievements of the past millennium, it did for biology what Galileo did for astronomy: made it into a single science rather than a collection of unrelated facts. Important though Origin remains, its examples and... Read more >
The Origin of Species Updated
Written by Steve Jones
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2001
Price: $17.00
Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species is probably the best-known, least-read book. One of the most important achievements of the past millennium, it did for biology what Galileo did for astronomy: made it into a single science rather than a collection of unrelated facts. Important though Origin remains, its examples and... Read more >
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The Voyage of the Beagle
Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World
Written by Charles Darwin
Introduction by Steve Jones
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2001
Price: $12.95
In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling through these unexplored countries collecting... Read more >
Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World
Written by Charles Darwin
Introduction by Steve Jones
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2001
Price: $12.95
In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling through these unexplored countries collecting... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Nonzero
The Logic of Human Destiny
Written by Robert Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2001
Price: $16.95
In his bestselling The Moral Animal, Robert Wright applied the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of the human mind. Now Wright attempts something even more ambitious: explaining the direction of evolution and human history–and discerning where history will lead us next.
In Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, Wright asserts... Read more >
The Logic of Human Destiny
Written by Robert Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2001
Price: $16.95
In his bestselling The Moral Animal, Robert Wright applied the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of the human mind. Now Wright attempts something even more ambitious: explaining the direction of evolution and human history–and discerning where history will lead us next.
In Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, Wright asserts... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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