Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
by Mary Roach
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Following her usual template, Mary Roach finds a subject in the scientific community that is equal parts fascinating and scandalous, and writes an extensively researched and thoroughly amusing book about it. Beyond the initial titillation stemming from a...
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Why We Run: A Natural History
by Bernd Heinrich
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index....
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The Origins of Life: From the Birth of Life to the Origin of Language
by John M Smith
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When John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary published The Major Transitions in Evolution, it was seen as a major work in biology. Nature hailed it as a book of "grand and daunting sweep...A splendid and rewarding tour de force." And New Scientist wrote...
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The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love
by Jane Goodall
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Now in paperback– the ten things we must do to ensure a safe and peaceful world, from legendary environmentalist Jane Goodall and brilliant animal behaviorist, Marc Bekoff. Combining her life's work living among the chimpanzees with her spiritual...
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Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
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One of the most revealing, readable books about the mind to come along in
years. A simply fascinating glimpse into animal behavior — on the farm, at
home, and even in the mirror.
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Dictionary of Biology 5TH Edition
by Elizabeth Martin
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Fully revised and updated, this new fifth edition is the perfect guide for those studying biology, either at school or university. Containing many new entries, and with biographical entries on key scientists, it provides comprehensive coverage of biology,...
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The Dependent Gene: The Fallacy of Nature Vs. Nurture
by David S Moore
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-302) and index....
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Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind
by Gary Marcus
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How the accidents of evolution created our quirky, imperfect minds; and what we can do about it.
Are we noble in reason? Perfect, in God's image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus...
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Annual Review of Microbiology Volume 57 2003
by L Nicholas Ornaton
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Twenty-seven papers present recent research on topics such as
molecular pathogenicity, gene expression and virulence, flagella,
protein synthesis, nitrogen assimilation in , bacterial
membrane lipids, bacterial motility, measles, oxidative damage...
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Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
by Elizabeth Hess
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This compassionate biography explores a fascinating character and an important story, beautifully illustrating the life of the mischievous chimpanzee who was the subject of a language experiment in the '70s. Both hopeful and sad, this moving account...
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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (P.S.)
by Jared Diamond
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Though we share 98% of our genes with the chimpanzee, our species evolved into something quite extraordinary. Jared Diamond explores the fascinating question of what in less than 2% of our genes has enabled us to found civilizations and religions...
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Cartoon Guide To Genetics Updated Edition
by Larry Gonick
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Illustrates, simplifies, and humor-coats the important principles of classical and modern genetics and their experimental bases, with amusing anecdotes about how the ancients tried to explain inheritance and sex determination....
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Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
by Kim Todd
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Before Darwin, before Audubon, there was Merian. An artist turned naturalist known for her botanical illustrations, she was born just sixteen years after Galileo proclaimed that the earth orbited the sun. But at the age of fifty she sailed from Europe...
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Evolution's Captain: The Story of the Kidnapping That Led to Charles Darwin's Voyage aboard the Beagle
by Peter Nichols
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This is the story of the man without whom the name Charles Darwin might be unknown to us today. That man was Captain Robert FitzRoy, who invited the 22-year-old Darwin to be his companion on board the Beagle . This is the remarkable story of how a...
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals 3ed
by Charles Darwin
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In his study of infants and children (including observations of his own baby's smiles and pouts), of the insane, of painting and sculpture, of cats and dogs and monkeys, and of the ways that people in different cultures express their feelings, Darwin's...
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Reason for Hope
by Jane Goodall
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As a toddler she was entranced by all living things, and the child inspired by Tarzan and The Jungle Book became the woman who found herself working with Dr. Louis Leakey, making scientific breakthroughs with chimpanzees in Gombe, and becoming one of the...
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Buzz: The Intimate Bond Between Humans and Insects
by Josie Glusiusz
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Combining truly amazing photography with a rich and readable text, 'Buzz' takes you into the field and under the fridge to explore the world of the insect, up-close and personal....
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Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and Other Lessons from Darwin's Lost Notebooks
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
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Charles Darwin was a bumbling neophyte naturalist when he boarded the Beagle in 1831. Through the five years that followed, as the ship hugged the coastline of South America, Darwin found himself wading through waist-deep mud, climbing towerlike trees...
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Marine Biology Coloring Book 2ND Edition
by Thomas M Niesen
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Enter the delicate, complex world of underwater life through extraordinarily detailed, hand-drawn illustrations and newly updated text. The Marine Biology Coloring Bookwill serve as an excellent resource and guide. The process of coloring will focus your...
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Why Elephants Have Big Ears: And Other Riddles from the Natural World
by Chris Lavers
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Includes bibliographical references and index (p. [239]-269)....
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