Evolution
There are 1633 books in this aisle.
Browse the aisle by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.
Used: $7.00 Trade Paper List Price $11.95 add to wish list |
Darwin : a Very Short Introduction (82 Edition)
by Jonathan Howard Publisher Comments Darwin's theory that man's ancestors were apes caused an uproar within the scientific world, as well as public frenzy when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and skepticism...
|
|||||||
New: $12.00 Trade Paper add to wish list |
The Broken Dice, and Other Mathematical Tales of Chance
by Ivar Ekeland Publisher Comments Ivar Ekeland extends his consideration of the catastrophe theory of the universe begun in his widely acclaimed Mathematics and the Unexpected, by drawing on rich literary sources, particularly the Norse saga of Saint Olaf, and such current topics as...
|
|||||||
Used: $5.95 Trade Paper List Price $14.00 add to wish list |
Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence
by Richard Wrangham Publisher Comments Whatever their virtues, men are more violent than women. Why do men kill, rape, and wage war, and what can be done about it? Drawing on the latest discoveries about human evolution and about our closest living relatives, the great apes, "Demonic Males...
|
|||||||
New: $58.95 Hardcover add to wish list |
Natural Security: A Darwinian Approach to a Dangerous World
by Raphael D. (edt) Sagarin Publisher Comments Arms races among invertebrates, intelligence gathering by the immune system and alarm calls by marmots are but a few of nature's security strategies that have been tested and modified over billions of years. This provocative book applies lessons from...
|
|||||||
Used: $6.50 Trade Paper List Price $9.95 add to wish list |
Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould Publisher Comments With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of...
|
|||||||
New: $17.95 Trade Paper add to wish list |
The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
by Richard Dawkins Publisher Comments This is a revised edition with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett. The Extended Phenotype carries on from where The Selfish Gene takes off. It is a fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. Dawkins's theory is that individual...
|
|||||||
Used: $6.95 Trade Paper List Price $9.95 add to wish list |
Evolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Brian Charlesworth Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index....
|
|||||||
Used: $90.50 Trade Paper List Price $161.25 add to wish list |
Evolution (3RD 04 Edition)
by Mark Ridley Publisher Comments Mark Ridley's "Evolution" has become the premier undergraduate text in the study of evolution. Readable and stimulating, yet well balanced and in-depth, this text tells the story of evolution, from the history of the study to the most recent developments...
|
|||||||
New: $13.95 Trade Paper add to wish list |
Scientists Confront Creationism
by Laurie R. Godfrey Publisher Comments A fascinating and timely book which demonstrates once and for all why 'scientific' creationism is not only bad science but also bad theology---and in the process spells out the principles that guide genuine discovery. Basically, an expose of all pseudo...
|
|||||||
Used: $12.00 Trade Paper List Price $22.00 add to wish list |
Evolution: A Scientific American Reader (Scientific American Readers)
by Scientific American Publisher Comments From the Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925 to the court ruling against the Dover Area School Board's proposed intelligent design curriculum in 2005, few scientific topics have engendered as much controversy--or grabbed as many headlines--as evolution. And...
|
|||||||
Used: $6.95 Trade Paper List Price $14.00 add to wish list |
Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution
by Kenneth R Miller Publisher Comments 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...
|
|||||||
New: $30.95 Trade Paper add to wish list |
The Origin of Species: (Variorum Reprint)
by Charles Darwin Publisher Comments The theories propounded by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species have had a profound and revolutionary effect, not only on biology but also on philosophy, history, and theology. His concept of natural selection has created eruptive disputes among...
|
|||||||
Used: $17.00 Trade Paper List Price $24.50 add to wish list |
Dawkins' God : Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life (05 Edition)
by Alister E. Mcgrath Publisher Comments Alister E. McGrath is one of the world's leading theologians, with a doctorate in the sciences. Richard Dawkins is one of the bestselling popular science writers, with outspoken and controversial views on religion. This fascinating and provoking work is...
|
|||||||
New: $24.95 Hardcover add to wish list |
Darwin's Gift: To Science and Religion
by Francisco J. Ayala Publisher Comments From the Tennessee trial of a biology teacher who dared to teach Darwin's theory to his students in 1925 to Tammy Kitzmiller's 2005 battle to keep intelligent design out of the Dover district schools in Pennsylvania, it's clear that we need to cut...
|
|||||||
Used: $4.95 Trade Paper List Price $8.95 add to wish list |
Human Evolution Coloring Book
by Adrienne L Zihlman Publisher Comments An authoritative, visual presentation by a highly respected anthropologist, the second edition of this popular classic is entirely rewritten, with 40% new drawings, and includes the latest discoveries in human and primate evolution....
|
|||||||
Used: $7.95 Trade Paper List Price $16.00 add to wish list |
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
by Daniel C Dennett Publisher Comments In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how...
|
|||||||
New: $15.95 Trade Paper add to wish list |
Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins
by Carl Zimmer Publisher Comments From the savannas of Africa to modern-day labs for biomechanical analysis and molecular genetics, Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins reveals how anthropologists are furiously redrawing the human family tree. Their discoveries have spawned a...
|
|||||||
Used: $5.95 Trade Paper List Price $17.00 add to wish list |
Darwin's Audubon: Science and the Liberal Imagination
by Gerald Weissmann Publisher Comments In this retrospective of Gerald Weissmann's best-known essays, the reader is treated to his unique perspective on what C. P. Snow once dubbed "the Two Cultures" -- art and science. In Darwin's Audubon, Weissmann examines the powerful influence that the...
|
|||||||
Used: $4.50 Mass Market List Price $5.95 add to wish list |
The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
by Charles Darwin Publisher Comments 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...
|
|||||||
Used: $13.95 Trade Paper List Price $19.95 add to wish list |
Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
by Michael Denton Publisher Comments Dr. Denton's book sets out to explain the gathering scientific evidence against evolution in its traditional form. It is a clear account of a growing crisis in biology and enables us to understand why an increasing number of research scientists are...
|
|||||||







