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Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion and the Nature of Society by David Sloan Wilson 9780226901350
RRP: $31.20$26.99Until recently, evolution and religion have been considered contending, irreconcilable theories of origin and existence. David Sloan Wilson takes the radical step of joining the two, while thinking of society as an organism, one in which morality and... -
The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It by Donald R. Prothero
RRP: $58.50$44.50The theory of evolution unites the past, present, and future of living things. It puts humanity's place in the universe into necessary perspective. Despite a history of controversy, the evidence for evolution continues to accumulate as a result of many... -
A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change by William H. Calvin 9780226092010
$63.28One of the most shocking realizations of all time has slowly been dawning on us: the Earth's climate does great flip-flops every few thousand years, and with breathtaking speed. In just a few years, the climate suddenly cools worldwide. With only half... -
Life Unfolding: How the human body creates itself by Jamie A. Davies 9780199673537
RRP: $41.91$31.34Where did I come from? Why do I have two arms but just one head? How is my left leg the same size as my right one? Why are the fingerprints of identical twins not identical? How did my brain learn to learn? Why must I die? Questions like these remain... -
Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis by Michael Denton 9781936599325
RRP: $48.65$42.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936599325Author Michael DentonFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Discovery InstitutePublisher Discovery InstituteWeight(grams) 517gDimensions(mm)... -
Evolution: A Developmental Approach by Wallace Arthur 9781405186582
RRP: $113.00$99.88This book is aimed at students taking courses on evolution in universities and colleges. Its approach and its structure are very different from previously-published evolution texts. The core theme in this book is how evolution works by changing the... -
Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach by C. Barry Cox 9781118968581
RRP: $109.10$96.58Through eight successful editions, and over nearly 40 years, Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach has provided a thorough and comprehensive exploration of the varied scientific disciplines and research that are essential to understanding... -
The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent: Why We See So Well by Lynne A. Isbell
RRP: $44.75$35.08From the temptation of Eve to the venomous murder of the mighty Thor, the serpent appears throughout time and cultures as a figure of mischief and misery. The worldwide prominence of snakes in religion, myth, and folklore underscores our deep connection... -
Speciation by Jerry A. Coyne 9780878930890
RRP: $282.73$147.26Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. Over the last two decades, the study of speciation has expanded from a modest backwater of evolutionary biology into a large and vigorous discipline. Thus, the literature on... -
Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth by Chris Stringer 9781250023308
RRP: $40.93$25.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250023308Author Chris StringerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)... -
Probably Approximately Correct: Nature's Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex World by Leslie G. Valiant
RRP: $31.18$27.55From a leading computer scientist, a unifying theory that will revolutionize our understanding of how life evolves and learns.How does life prosper in a complex and erratic world? While we know that nature follows patterns,such as the law of gravity,our... -
Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind by Kermit Pattison 9780062410283
RRP: $48.75$40.62"Riveting. ... Pattison's uncanny ability [is] to write evocatively about science. ... In this, he is every bit as good as the best scientist writers." -New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "Brilliant. ... A work of staggering depth."... -
Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems by Daniel W. McShea
RRP: $46.80$44.91Life on earth is characterized by three striking phenomena that demand explanation: adaptation - the marvelous fit between organism and environment; diversity - the great variety of organisms; and complexity - the enormous intricacy of their internal... -
Darwin in Ilkley by Mike Dixon 9780752452838
RRP: $25.33$18.27When the Origins of Species was published on 24 November 1859, its author, Charles Darwin, was near the end of a nine-week stay in the remote Yorkshire village of Ilkley. He had come for the 'water cure'- a regime of cold baths and wet sheets - and for... -
Understanding Life in the Universe by Wallace Arthur
RRP: $29.23$27.96The two most fascinating questions about extraterrestrial life are where it is found and what it is like. In particular, from our Earth-based vantage point, we are keen to know where the closest life to us is, and how similar it might be to life on our... -
Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould 9780393311037
RRP: $43.88$37.36Over a century after Darwin published the Origin of Species, Darwinian theory is in a "vibrantly healthy state," writes Stephen Jay Gould, its most engaging and illuminating exponent. Exploring the "peculiar and mysterious particulars of nature," Gould... -
Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy by Melvin Konner 9780393352313
RRP: $25.33$22.35In Women After All, anthropologist Melvin Konner traces the arc of evolution to explain the relationships between women and men. Drawing on colourful examples from the natural world-the octopus, the black widow spider and coral reef fish, which can... -
Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World by Oren Harman
RRP: $17.53$12.58'Daring, learned and humane... A revelatory restoration of wonder' Stephen Greenblatt. We no longer think, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing-apart of a love embrace... -
On the Wing: Insects, Pterosaurs, Birds, Bats and the Evolution of Animal Flight by Dr. David E. Alexander 9780199996773
$60.39From airplanes to birds, the phenomenon of flight has always amazed and mystified humans. Therefore, it is unsurprising that scientists have invested a substantial amount of research into unraveling the secrets of flight evolution. Over the course of the... -
Evolution: The History of an Idea, 25th Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface by Peter J. Bowler 9780520261280
RRP: $58.50$45.28Since its original publication in 1989, "Evolution: The History of an Idea" has been recognized as a comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact of this most controversial of scientific theories. This twentieth anniversary... -
Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World by Richard C. Francis 9780393064605
RRP: $42.88$36.95The wolf evolved into the Pekingese, the wildcat into the tabby cat and the auroch into the milk-producing cow. This happened through the process called "domestication". Domesticated creatures have served us well- without them, civilisation as... -
Neptune's Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas by David Rains Wallace 9780520258143
RRP: $44.85$34.55"Neptune's Ark" illuminates the dramatic saga of evolution spanning 500 million years of marine life along the magnificent Pacific coast of western North America. In an engaging narrative that artfully blends elements of science, history,... -
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins
RRP: $48.73$36.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544859937Author Richard DawkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 862g -
Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory by James T. Costa 9780393356304
RRP: $27.28$23.89James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Charles Darwin's youth and travels on the HMS Beagle to Down House, his bustling home of forty years. To test his insights into evolution, Darwin devised experiments using his garden and greenhouse, the... -
God Is Watching You: How the Fear of God Makes Us Human by Dominic Johnson
RRP: $42.88$30.44"And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die." The Flood that God used to destroy the sinful race of man on the... -
Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago - Updated Edition by Douglas H. Erwin 9780691165653
RRP: $33.13$26.48Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95 percent of all living species died out--a global catastrophe far greater than the dinosaurs' demise 185 million years later. How this happened remains... -
Life Through Time and Space by Wallace Arthur
RRP: $70.10$55.40All humans share three origins: the beginning of our individual lives, the appearance of life on Earth, and the formation of our planetary home. Life through Time and Space brings together the latest discoveries in both biology and astronomy to examine... -
The Invertebrate Tree of Life by Gonzalo Giribet 9780691170251
RRP: $152.10$120.33The most up-to-date book on invertebrates, providing a new framework for understanding their place in the tree of life In The Invertebrate Tree of Life, Gonzalo Giribet and Gregory Edgecombe, leading authorities on invertebrate biology and paleontology,... -
Discovering Us: Fifty Great Discoveries in Human Origins, 1968-2018 by Evan Hadingham
RRP: $126.65$81.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560852773Author Evan HadinghamFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Signature BooksPublisher Signature BooksWeight(grams) 1293gDimensions(mm) 259mm *... -
Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins by Ian Tattersall 9781137278302
$25.31Fifty thousand years ago - merely a blip in evolutionary time - our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species... -
Darwin: A Companion - With Iconographies By John Van Wyhe by John Van Wyhe 9789811229275
RRP: $68.25$60.35This is the ultimate guide to the life and work of Charles Darwin. The result of decades of research through a vast and daunting literature which is hard for beginners and experts alike to navigate, it brings together widely scattered facts including... -
Looking for a Few Good Males: Female Choice in Evolutionary Biology by Erika Lorraine Milam
$57.27Why do female animals select certain mates, and how do scientists determine the answer? In considering these questions, Erika Lorraine Milam explores the fascinating patterns of experiment and interpretation that emerged as twentieth-century researchers... -
Bigfoot in Evolutionary Perspective: The Hidden Life of a North American Hominin by T a Wilson 9781518692406
RRP: $58.40$45.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781518692406Author T a WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth by Avi Loeb 9780358645535
RRP: $35.08$23.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358645535Author Avi LoebFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 134mm * 18mm -
Agents and Goals in Evolution by Samir Okasha 9780192894434
RRP: $47.76$43.10Samir Okasha approaches evolutionary biology from a philosophical perspective in Agents and Goals in Evolution, analysing a mode of thinking in biology called agential thinking. He considers how the paradigm case involves treating an evolved organism as... -
Experimental Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity by Rees Kassen 9780192898678
RRP: $77.98$74.20Uncovering the principles governing the origin and fate of biodiversity is the central goal of modern biology. The first edition (2014) of this novel textbook drew on more than two decades of research in microbial experimental evolution to provide a... -
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 9780375751462
RRP: $19.48$17.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375751462Author Charles DarwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 550g -
Organismic Animal Biology: An Evolutionary Approach by Ariel D. Chipman 9780192893581
$158.79Neither cellular/molecular nor ecosystem processes can be fully understood without a detailed understanding of the biology of the whole organism. Despite this, much of modern biology teaching tends to be focused on the cellular and molecular level, with... -
Unnatural Selection: How We Are Changing Life, Gene by Gene by Emily Monosson 9781610914994
RRP: $54.60$45.38In a narrative style, Emily Monosson explains how humans are driving rapid contemporary evolution through the use of toxic chemicals and what we can do about it. Gonorrhoea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. Polar Bears. People. All are evolving, some... -
Unnatural Selection: How We Are Changing Life, Gene by Gene by Emily Monosson 9781610914987
$69.65In a narrative style, Emily Monosson explains how humans are driving rapid contemporary evolution through the use of toxic chemicals and what we can do about it. Gonorrhoea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. Polar Bears. People. All are evolving, some...