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by Bruce Alberts  Publisher Comments "The epitome of what a current upper level textbook in cell biology should be". -- Quarterly Review of Biology "Accessible and relatively easy to read....timely and accurate.... profusely and beautifully illustrated". -- American Society for Microbiology... (read more)  List Price $80.95 Your price $28.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Hans Kummer Publisher Comments With their furry white mantles and gleaming red hindquarters, the Hamadryas appear frequently in the art of the ancient Egyptians - who may have interpreted the baboons' early morning grooming rituals as sun-worshipping rites. Back then, Hamadryas were... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $5.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Marc W Kirschner Publisher Comments Two eminent biologists tackle and provide exhilarating new answers to what they argue is the central, unresolved question of evolution... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $24.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Bernd Heinrich Publisher Comments In his new preface Bernd Heinrich ranges from Maine to Alaska and north to the Arctic as he summarizes findings from continuing investigations over the past twenty-five years--by him and others--into the wondrous "energy economy" of bumblebees.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price $18.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Terry Burnham Publisher Comments Burnham and Phelan examine the connection between genes and human behavior, probing such issues as body image, money, addictions, and more.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Donald Stokes Publisher Comments With these handy paperback reference guides, illustrated throughout with black-and-white line drawings, nature watchers know what to look for and how to interpret what they see. Whether carried into the field or consulted at home, these books provide... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Carina Dennis Publisher Comments The sequencing of the human genome has been hailed as the most ground breaking scientific event of the new century. It offers the exciting prospect of fresh insights into our collective history, our shared identity and our individuality, and opens up... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $9.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Carl N Degler Publisher Comments In his historical perspective on the changes in scientific thought over the last 100 years, Carl N. Degler explores the study of social evolution and the ongoing search for human nature. In Search of Human Nature provides a detailed perspective on the... (read more) List Price $42.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Philip Appleman Book News Annotation New edition of a volume that concerns the importance, and enduring relevance, of Darwin and evolution. New material indicates the voluminous scientific research that is currently being done in every field of evolutionary study. Topics include Darwin... (read more) List Price $19.50 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen Jay Gould Publisher Comments "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" was Haeckel's answer--the wrong one--to the most vexing question of nineteenth-century biology: what is the relationship between individual development (ontogeny) and the evolution of species and lineages (phylogeny... (read more) List Price $29.50 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Gary Marcus Publisher Comments In The Birth of the Mind, award-winning cognitive scientist Gary Marcus irrevocably alters the nature vs. nurture debate by linking the findings of the Human Genome Project to the development of the brain. Scientists have long struggled to understand how... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $7.88 (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 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 $13.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Steven Pinker Publisher Comments Edited by Richard Preston, Jr., the bestselling author of "The Hot Zone" and "The Cobra Event," this new collection is a terrific sampling of science writing at its best" ("Booklist").... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $5.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jonathan Gottschall Publisher Comments In recent years, articles in major periodicals from the "New York Times Magazine" to the "Times Literary Supplement" have heralded the arrival of a new school of literary studies that promises-or threatens-to profoundly shift the current paradigm. This... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $17.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by L Cavalli Sforza Publisher Comments Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza was among the first to ask whether the genes of modern populations contain a historical record of the human species. Cavalli-Sforza and others have answered this question--anticipated by Darwin--with a decisive yes. Genes... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Finn Bowring Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references ([278]-329) and index.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price $11.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Olivia Judson From Powells.com The sex act is, admittedly, a major preoccupation for most humans. But consider the plight of the female stick insect whose mate has been copulating with her for ten weeks straight while all she wants is a good night's sleep, or the male... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael P Murphy Publisher Comments Erwin Schrödinger's book What is Life?, which was originally delivered as a set of lectures at Trinity College, Dublin, is perhaps one of the most important scientific books of the twentieth century. It marked the beginning of molecular biology, and... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Desmond Morris Publisher Comments Internationally bestselling author and world-famous human behaviorist Desmond Morris turns his attention to the female form, taking the reader on a guided tour of the female body from head to toe. Highlighting the evolutionary functions of various... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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