On the Origin of Species by Empire Books $12.99
In 1831, naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin joined the Beagle expedition to Tierra del Fuego. What he observed when he got to the new world would eventually lead him to formulate his theory of natural selection. Published in 1859, “On the Origin of the Species” is the controversial classic that revolutionized natural science and altered our understanding of the world.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by W. W. Norton & Company $29.95
With a new chapter. The phenomenal bestseller; over 1.5 million copies sold; is now a major PBS special.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations...
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson $29.95
One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his...
The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 16: The Origin of Species, 1876 by NYU Press $29.00
Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New York University Press's new paperback edition makes it possible to review...
It Takes a Genome: How a Clash Between Our Genes and Modern Life Is Making Us Sick by FT Press $24.99
“A compelling, witty, and reader-friendly explanation of how our genes, fashioned for living in the Stone Age, are not so well-suited to life in the Modern Age.” —Sean B. Carroll, author of The Making of the Fittest and Remarkable Creatures “It’s taken thirty years, but we finally have in Greg Gibson’s It Takes a Genome what is truly a biologist’s response to the single-gene...
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles by Sounds True, Incorporated $24.95
Since the publication of The Biology of Belief, Dr. Bruce Lipton has received widespread acclaim as one of the most accessible and knowledgeable voices of "new biology." The science is called epigenetics, a revolutionary field that shows us how the energy of consciousness is as important in shaping life on earth as DNA and chemistry. In this original author adaptation, Dr. Lipton brings his...
The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Oxford University Press, USA $19.95
Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands of readers to rethink their beliefs about life. In his internationally bestselling, now...
The New Physics and Its Evolution by BiblioBazaar $20.99
During the last ten years so many works have accumulated in the domain of Physics and so many new theories have been propounded that those who follow with interest the progress of science and even some professed scholars absorbed as they are in their own special studies find themselves at sea in a confusion more apparent than real.
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Penguin (Non-Classics) $21.00
For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the...
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Free Press $30.00
In 2008, a Gallup poll showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had created man in his present form within the last 10,000 years. In a Pew Forum poll in the same year, 42 percent believed that all life on earth has existed in its present form since the beginning of time. In 1859 Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core. Darwin was only too aware...