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by Brian Charlesworth  Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index.... (read more)  List Price $9.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Richard Preston Publisher Comments The first major bioterror event in the United States — the anthrax attacks in October 2001 — was a clarion call for scientists who work with "hot" agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons. In The Demon... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Matt Ridley Publisher Comments Citing the Red Queen from "Through the Looking Glass, " who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators, and answers dozens of other... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert M Sapolsky Publisher Comments From the author of the widely acclaimed Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, an enlightening perspective on the peculiar drives and intrinsic needs underlying human behavior, and how they link us to -- and separate us from -- the rest of the animal kingdom. In... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael J Behe Publisher Comments Virtually all serious scientists accept the truth of Darwin's theory of evolution. While the fight for its acceptance has been a long and difficult one, after a century of struggle among the cognoscenti the battle is over. Biologists are now confident... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen Jay Gould Publisher Comments Few would question the truism that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution; that the defining thrust of life's history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex; that the disappearance of .400... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Frans De Waal Publisher Comments In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a view of the natural world, emphasizing our "selfish" genes.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $12.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jennifer Ackerman Publisher Comments The acclaimed science writer Jennifer Ackerman lends her keen eye and lively voice to this marvelous exploration of the human body. Taking us through a typical day, from the arousal of the senses in the morning to the reverie of sleep and dreams... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $13.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert M Sapolsky Publisher Comments A collection of original essays by a leading neurobiologist and primatologist shares the author's insights into behavioral biology, in a volume that focuses on three primary topics, including the physiology of genes, the human body, and the factors that... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by James D Watson Publisher Comments Watson--who helped discover the secret of life and won the Nobel Prize by the time he was 34--shares everything he has learned about getting good work done, in this delightful and wittily instructive memoir. Photos throughout.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price $18.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Wright Publisher Comments Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animal one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Wright Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sandra Aamodt Publisher Comments In this readable, lively book, Aamodt and Wang dispel common myths about the brain and provide a comprehensive, useful overview of how it really works.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Read Montague Publisher Comments Connecting mainstream readers and cutting-edge technology, Montague shows what the latest in brain science reveals about the crucial events of everyday experience.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Carl Sagan Publisher Comments "Dazzling...A feast. Absorbing and elegantly written, it tells of theorigins of life on earth, describes its variety and charaacter, and culminates in a discussion of human nature and teh complex traces ofhumankind's evolutionary past...It is an amazing... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Brian Capon Synopsis A clear, nontechnical explanation of how plants work, and our bestselling book. It succeeds in explaining the complex processes of plant growth, functions, adaptation, responses, and reproduction in simple language. As the author intended, the gardener... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Smithsonian Publisher Comments Smithsonian Handbooks are the most visually appealing guides on the natural world in the book marketplace. Featuring more than 500 full-color illustrations and photographs, along with detailed annotations, Smithsonian Handbooks make identification easy... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Flexible) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen Alter Publisher Comments Revered in Indian religion as the source of life, respected in Indian culture as a bringer of good fortune, and coveted by poachers for its ivory tusks, the majestic Asian elephant has lived, worked, and even fought side by side with humans for more... (read more) List Price $31.00 Your price $8.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jared Diamond Publisher Comments Part One A Tale of Three Chimps The next time you visit a zoo, make a point of walking past the ape cages. Imagine that the apes had lost most of their hair, and imagine a cage nearby holding some unfortunate people who had no clothes and couldn't speak... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Carl Zimmer Publisher Comments Within days of being born, we are infected with billions of E. coli. They will inhabit each and every one of us until we die. E. coli is notorious for making people gravely ill, but engineered strains of the bacteria save millions of lives each year.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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