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50 Simple Things You Can Do To Save the Earth
by John Javna  Publisher Comments Today's environmental problems may seem too overwhelming for one person to tackle . . . but you don't have to do it alone. Now you have partners—50 of them. 50 Simple Things, the revolutionary 1990 bestseller, is back in a completely revised...
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Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by Neil Shubin Publisher Comments 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...
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The Descent of Man
by Charles Darwin Publisher Comments The most accessible edition ever published of Darwin's incendiary classic, edited by as fine a science essayist as we have (New York Times) The Descent of Man, Darwin's second landmark work on evolutionary theory (following The Origin of the Species...
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Our Posthuman Future
by Francis Fukuyama Publisher Comments In 1989, Francis Fukuyama made his now-famous pronouncement that because 'the major alternatives to liberal democracy had exhausted themselves,' history as we knew it had reached its end. Ten years later, he revised his argument: we hadn't reached the...
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A Dictionary of Biology
by Elizabeth Martin Publisher Comments 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, biophysics, and biochemistry....
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The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism
by Michael, J. Behe Publisher Comments When Michael J. Behe's first book, Darwin's Black Box, was published in 1996, it launched the intelligent design movement. Critics howled, yet hundreds of thousands of readers -- and a growing number of scientists -- were intrigued by Behe's claim that...
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Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
by Carl Zimmer Publisher Comments In a starred review, Publishers Weekly succinctly captured the off-beat, intriguing appeal of Parasite Rex, writing "One of the year's most fascinating works of popular science is also its most disgusting". Carl Zimmer deftly balances these two elements...
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Monkey Girl
by Edward Humes Publisher Comments What should we teach our children about where we come from? Is evolution good science? Is it a lie? Is it incompatible with faith? Did Charles Darwin really say man came from monkeys? Have scientists really detected intelligent design — evidence of...
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Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA
by Kevin Davies Publisher Comments In 1990 the U.S. and its partners around the world embarked on the quest for the holy grail of biology. Two years ago this mission became a race between the taxpayer-supported genome project led by Francis Collins and Craig Venter, the maverick scientist...
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The First Word
by Christine Kenneally Publisher Comments A compelling look at the quest for the origins of human language from an accomplished linguist. Language is a distinctly human gift. However, because it leaves no permanent trace, its evolution has long been a mystery, and it is only in the last...
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Letters from the Hive
by Stephen Buchmann Publisher Comments They work hard, are devoted to family, love sex, and know the importance of a good piece of real estate. Honey bees, and the daily workings of their close-knit colonies, are one of nature's great miracles. And they produce one of nature's greatest edible...
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The God Gene
by Dean H. Hamer Publisher Comments LEADING GENETICIST DEAN HAMER CRACKS THE “CODE” BEHIND WHY WE ARE PREDISPOSED TO BELIEVE IN GOD. IN A BOOK THAT BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE, HAMER BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATES HOW OUR INCLINATION TOWARD FAITH IS INFLUENCED BY OUR...
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Inside the Animal Mind
by George Page Publisher Comments Based on the latest scientific evidence, Inside the Animal Mind is an engrossing look at animal intelligence, cognitive ability, problem solving, and emotion. The host of the long-running PBS series Nature offers an informed, entertaining, and humanistic...
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Transducing the Genome: Information, Anarchy, and Revolution in the Biomedical Sciences
by Gary Zweiger Publisher Comments In a story told on many fascinating levels, Gary Zweiger introduces us to the visionaries who first understood genes as information carriers and chronicles how their early efforts led to the birth of the new science of genomics....
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Masterminds
by David Ewing Duncan Publisher Comments James Watson, J. Craig Venter, Francis Collins, Cynthia Kenyon . . . you may not know them, but you should. They are the masterminds of genetics and biotechnology who want you to live to be 150 years old, to regenerate your heart and brain, to create...
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Extinction
by Michael Boulter Publisher Comments Sixty-five million years ago the dinosaurs were destroyed in a mass extinction event that could not have been predicted. Out of the devastation, new life developed and the world regained its natural equilibrium. Until now. Scientists, employing radically...
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The Coming Biotech Age: The Business of Bio-Materials
by Richard W. Oliver Publisher Comments Biotech companies are quickly becoming the new economic engines of growth and innovation. Businesses must prepare now for the Biotech Age, and this is the book that will get them ready....
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Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution
by Leonard Shlain Publisher Comments As in the bestselling The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, Leonard Shlain's provocative new book promises to change the way readers view themselves and where they came from. Sex, Time, and Power offers a tantalizing answer to an age-old question: Why did big-...
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Understanding Cloning
by Publisher Comments The potential for cloning, or the process of identical asexual reproduction, is limitless. With a foreword by William Haseltine Ph. D., the CEO of Human Genome Sciences, this book explores that potential and all the surrounding issues, asking the...
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Deep Ancestry
by Spencer Wells Publisher Comments Spencer Wells is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and the director of the Genographic Project. After studying under genetic pioneer Luigi Cavalli-Sforza at Stanford University, he began an unusual career that mixes science...
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