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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
by Robert Wright
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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... (read more)

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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
by Edward O. Wilson
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"A dazzling journey across the sciences and humanities in search of deep laws to unite them." The Wall Street Journal One of our greatest living scientists — and the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for On Human Nature and The Ants — gives us a... (read more)

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Global Brain: The Evolution of the Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century
Global Brain: The Evolution of the Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century
by Howard Bloom
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"As someone who has spent forty years in psychology with a long-standing interest in evolution, I'll just assimilate Howard Bloom's accomplishment and my amazement."-DAVID SMILLIE, Visiting Professor of Zoology, Duke University In this extraordinary... (read more)

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Paradoxical Life: Meaning, Matter, and the Power of Human Choice
Paradoxical Life: Meaning, Matter, and the Power of Human Choice
by Andreas Wagner
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What can a fingernail tell us about the mysteries of creation? In one sense, a nail is merely a hunk of mute matter, yet in another, its an information superhighway quite literally at our fingertips. Every moment, streams of molecular signals direct our... (read more)

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The Human Difference
The Human Difference
by Alan Wolfe
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'An eloquent and exquisitely reasoned plea for a social science based on what is distinctively human about human beings their capacity to create meaning by the forms of interpretation that make human culture possible. This book is a lively attack on the... (read more)

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The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit
The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit
by Melvin Konner
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A vital updating of a seminal work of science First published to great acclaim twenty years ago, The Tangled Wing has become required reading for anyone interested in the biological roots of human behavior. Since then, revolutions have taken place in... (read more)

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The Triumph of Evolution: Heredity Environment Controversy, 1900-1941
The Triumph of Evolution: Heredity Environment Controversy, 1900-1941
by Hamilton Cravens
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Hamilton Cravens challenges widespread belief to argue that the influence of evolutionary ideas on American culture and science has been greater since the collapse of Soical Darwinism than before.... (read more)

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If Wishes Were Horses
If Wishes Were Horses
by Edward O Wilson
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Retired elementary school teacher Jean Jakob writes an action packed story about a a young girl named Bobby O'Connell living in Charleston, South Carolina in 1949. She makes her dream come true in being with the one horse she loves. Bobby loves horses so... (read more)

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Sex and War (08 Edition)
Sex and War (08 Edition)
by Malcolm Potts
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As news of war and terror dominates the headlines, scientist Malcolm Potts and veteran journalist Thomas Hayden take a step back to explain it all. In the spirit of Guns, Germs and Steel, Sex and War asks the basic questions: Why is war so fundamental to... (read more)

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The Tangled Wing Bottle
The Tangled Wing Bottle
by Melvin Konner
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A vital updating of a seminal work of science First published to great acclaim twenty years ago, The Tangled Wing has become required reading for anyone interested in the biological roots of human behavior. Since then, revolutions have taken place in... (read more)

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Human Instinct: How Our Primeval Impulses Shape Our Modern Lives
Human Instinct: How Our Primeval Impulses Shape Our Modern Lives
by Robert Winston
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From the ambition to be successful in our careers to what we will have for lunch each day, instinct is the invisible motivating force that shapes our world. But how well do these instincts, our most basic modes of interacting with the world, equip us for... (read more)

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Why We Lie
Why We Lie
by David Livingstone Smith
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Deceit, lying, and falsehoods lie at the very heart of our cultural heritage. Even the founding myth of the Judeo-Christian tradition, the story of Adam and Eve, revolves around a lie. We have been talking, writing and singing about deception ever since... (read more)

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Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
by Nancy Etcoff
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Beauty is not a myth. According to scientist and psychologist Nancy Etcoff, the pursuit of beauty is neither a cultural construction, an invention of Madison Avenue, nor a backlash against feminism. Survival of the Prettiest, the first in-depth... (read more)

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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
by Robert Wright
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A deeply provocative and engaging new look at the meaning and direction of history, from the author of "The Moral Animal."... (read more)

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Why Men Won't Ask for Directions: The Seductions of Sociobiology
Why Men Won't Ask for Directions: The Seductions of Sociobiology
by Richard C Francis
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Much of the evolutionary biology that has grabbed headlines in recent years has sprung from the efforts of sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists to explain sexual features and behavior--even differences between how men and women think--as... (read more)

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The Diversity of Life (Questions of Science)
The Diversity of Life (Questions of Science)
by Edward O Wilson
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This resource provides students with review materials for each chapter.... (read more)

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Why Men Won't Ask for Directions: The Seductions of Sociobiology
Why Men Won't Ask for Directions: The Seductions of Sociobiology
by Richard C Francis
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"Interesting, engagingly written, and important. Francis is rightfully attacking the theological/ideological basis of adaptationist thinking."--James L. Gould, Princeton University "A synthesis of the latest advances in the behavior, physiology and... (read more)

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Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories
Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories
by Marty Crump
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The natural world is filled with diverse—not to mention quirky and odd—animal behaviors. Consider the male praying mantis that continues to mate after being beheaded; the spiders, insects, and birds that offer gifts of food in return... (read more)

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A Darwinian Left
A Darwinian Left
by Peter Singer
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In this ground-breaking book, a renowned bioethicist argues that the political left must radically revise its outdated view of human nature. He shows how the insights of modern evolutionary theory, particularly on the evolution of cooperation, can help... (read more)

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Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame
Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame
by Christopher Boehm
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From the age of Darwin to the present day, biologists have been grappling with the origins of our moral sense. Why, if the human instinct to survive and reproduce is “selfish,” do people engage in self-sacrifice, and even develop ideas like... (read more)

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