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The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee: how our animal heritage affects the way we live by Jared Diamond
RRP: $25.33$8.01From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelMore than 98 % of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys our life-cycle, culture, sexuality and destructive urges both... -
The Science of Self-Empowerment: Awakening the New Human Story by Gregg Braden
$29.70The Science of Self-Empowerment invites you on a journey beyond Darwin's theory of evolution, beginning with the fact that we exist as we do, even more empowered and connected with ourselves and the world than scientists ever believed possible.In this... -
Youniverse: A Short Guide to Modern Science by Elsie Burch Donald
RRP: $19.48$13.16Your guide to science, from the Big Bang to AI Whether you wish to discover the basics of science or catch up on its latest developments, this short accessible guide is for you. YOUNIVERSE describes in simple terms the world you are inseparably a... -
The Biology of Rocky Shores by Colin Little 9780198564911
$88.06This new edition offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to rocky shore ecology and has been completely revised and updated throughout. It describes the diverse biota (invertebrates, vertebrates, seaweeds, seagrasses and microalgae) that inhabit... -
The Descent of Woman by Elaine Morgan
RRP: $19.48$13.86'One of the key feminist texts' Guardian The Descent of Woman is a pioneering work, the first to argue for the equal role of women in human evolution. On its first publication in 1972 it sparked an international debate and became a rallying-point for... -
The Deadly Balance: Predators and People in a Crowded World by Adam Hart
RRP: $35.08$27.05The predators that can hunt, kill and eat us occupy a unique place in the human psyche - and for good reason. Whether it's lions in Africa, tigers in India or sharks in the world's oceans, we are fascinated by - and often terrified of - predators... -
Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory by Michael A. Cremo 9780892133345
$70.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892133345Author Michael A. CremoFormat HardbackPage Count 554Imprint Bhaktivedanta Book TrustPublisher Bhaktivedanta Book TrustWeight(grams)... -
Deceit and Self-Deception: Fooling Yourself the Better to Fool Others by Robert L. Trivers
RRP: $21.43$15.15In Deceit and Self Deception Robert Trivers, whose work has been acclaimed by figures such as Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker, looks at how and why we so often deceive ourselves. We lie to ourselves every day: about how well we drive, how much we're... -
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society by Nicholas A. Christakis
RRP: $17.53$13.30Drawing on advances in social science, evolutionary biology, genetics, neuroscience and network science, Blueprint shows how and why evolution has placed us on a humane path -- and how we are united by our common humanity. For too long, scientists have... -
Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture by Andreas Wagner
RRP: $39.00$27.87Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species - but there's a catch. A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2023 'Hopeful and fascinating.' THE TIMES Many animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive,... -
Genetic Entropy by John C Sanford
RRP: $48.75$41.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981631608Author John C SanfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Feed My Sheep Foundation, Inc.Publisher Feed My Sheep Foundation, Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Why the Wheel Is Round: Muscles, Technology, and How We Make Things Move by Steven Vogel
RRP: $37.05$31.59There is no part of our bodies that fully rotates-be it a wrist or ankle or arm in a shoulder socket, we are made to twist only so far. And yet there is no more fundamental human invention than the wheel-a rotational mechanism that accomplishes what our... -
Principles of Geology by Charles Lyell
$29.37One of the key works in the nineteenth-century battle between science and Scripture, Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology (1830-33) sought to explain the geological state of the modern Earth by considering the long-term effects of observable natural... -
Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding Humberto R. Maturana 9780877736424
RRP: $62.40$40.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877736424Author Humberto R. MaturanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan Jose Millas
RRP: $29.23$19.11A New Scientist Book of the Year Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan Jose Millas has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all. Perhaps he is a... -
Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist Richard Dawkins 9781784162016
RRP: $21.43$17.32THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRichard Dawkins - author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and The God Delusion - is one of science's greatest communicators. This anthology of more than forty pieces is a kaleidoscopic argument for the power and... -
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time by Gaia Vince
RRP: $21.43$15.15* A TIMES BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR *From the prize-winning author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, the astonishing story of how culture enabled us to become the most successful species on Earth'A wondrous, visionary work' Tim Flannery, author of... -
Seven Clues to the Origin of Life: A Scientific Detective Story by A.G. Cairns-Smith
RRP: $31.18$24.30This book addresses the question of how life may have arisen on earth, in the spirit of an intriguing detective story. It relies on the methods of Sherlock Holmes, in particular his principle that one should use the most paradoxical features of a case to... -
An Intimate History of Evolution: The Huxleys in Nature and Culture by Alison Bashford 9780241434321
RRP: $58.50$42.80In his early twenties, poor, racked with depression, becalmed in the Coral Sea on the seemingly endless survey mission of HMS Rattlesnake, hopelessly in love with Henrietta Heathorn, a young Englishwoman in Sydney, Thomas Henry Huxley was a nobody. And... -
Evolution: A Very Short Introduction by Brian Charlesworth
RRP: $17.53$12.58Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the centre of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this centre. Less than 250 years ago, they... -
Body by Darwin: How Evolution Shapes Our Health and Transforms Medicine by Jeremy Taylor
RRP: $52.65$43.84We think of medical science and doctors as focused on treating conditions-whether it's a cough or an aching back. But the sicknesses and complaints that cause us to seek medical attention actually have deeper origins than the superficial germs and... -
Darwin: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Howard
RRP: $17.53$12.58Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and scepticism about the value... -
T. rex and the Crater of Doom by Walter Alvarez 9780691169668
RRP: $33.13$22.82Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact,... -
Genetics: Genes, genomes, and evolution by Philip Meneely
RRP: $136.48$133.17Recent advances that allow scientists to quickly and accurately sequence a genome have revolutionized our view of the structure and function of genes as well as our understanding of evolution. A new era of genetics is underway, one that allows us to... -
Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don’t Have To by David A. Sinclair 9780008292348
RRP: $33.13$25.00In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people on earth, Dr. David Sinclair reveals that everything we think we know about ageing is wrong, and shares the surprising,... -
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner
RRP: $35.10$22.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize 1995. Nominated for ALA Best Books for Young Adults.Book InformationISBN 9780679733379Author Jonathan WeinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint... -
Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction by David C. Catling
RRP: $17.53$12.58Astrobiology is the study of the origin and development of life on this and other planets. What fascinates people about astrobiology is that it seeks answers to long-standing unsolved questions: How quickly did life evolve on Earth and why did life... -
Unfit for Purpose: When Human Evolution Collides with the Modern World by Adam Hart
RRP: $33.13$23.95'A gripping and sobering reminder of how much we are all governed by our genetic inheritance. So much for free will.' The Mail on Sunday Stress, obesity, poor mental health, drug addiction, bowel diseases, violence and fake news; a stark checklist of... -
Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding by Daniel Lieberman
RRP: $35.10$16.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525434788Author Daniel LiebermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World by Nichola Raihani
RRP: $19.48$13.86'A phenomenally important book' Lewis Dartnell, author of OriginsWhy do we live in families?Why do we help complete strangers?Why do we compare ourselves to others?Why do we cooperate?The science of cooperation tells us not only how we got here, but also... -
The Case Against Darwin: Why the Evidence Should Be Examined by James Perloff 9780966816013
RRP: $15.50$12.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966816013Author James PerloffFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Refuge BooksPublisher Refuge BooksWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 219mm * 141mm * 7mm -
Retrieving Augustine's Doctrine of Creation: Ancient Wisdom for Current Controversy by Gavin Ortlund 9780830853243
RRP: $48.73$34.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830853243Author Gavin OrtlundFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 368gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 21mm -
Free: the End of the Human Condition by Jeremy Griffith 9780731604951
RRP: $29.23$24.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780731604951Author Mr Jeremy GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint WTM Publishing & Communications Pty LtdPublisher WTM Publishing & Communications... -
The Survival Imperative: Upshifting to Conscious Evolution by Ervin Laszlo 9781958921173
RRP: $33.13$28.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958921173Author Ervin LaszloFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Light on Light PressPublisher Light on Light Press -
The Evolution of Biological Information: How Evolution Creates Complexity, from Viruses to Brains by Christoph Adami 9780691241142
RRP: $120.90$94.03Why information is the unifying principle that allows us to understand the evolution of complexity in natureMore than 150 years after Darwin’s revolutionary On the Origin of Species, we are still attempting to understand and explain the amazing... -
A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You by Sean B. Carroll
RRP: $37.03$29.48"Fascinating and exhilarating-Sean B. Carroll at his very best."-Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for OccupantsFrom acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll, a rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives... -
Sensational: A New Story of our Senses by Ashley Ward 9781788168878
RRP: $21.43$15.15'A future classic of popular science' Mail on Sunday 'A dazzling account' Financial Times 'Absorbing, surprising and at times profound. After reading this, reality will never be quite the same' Dave Goulson Our senses are how we navigate the... -
Period: The Real Story of Menstruation by Kate Clancy
RRP: $42.90$32.27A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruationMenstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an... -
What Evolution Is: From Theory to Fact Ernst Mayr 9780753813683
RRP: $21.43$14.43What we do and do not know about evolution, by one of the field's pioneering thinkers.Evolution is the most important idea in biology, with implications that go far beyond science. But despite more than a century's progress in understanding, there is... -
The Genesis Quest: The Geniuses and Eccentrics on a Journey to Uncover the Origin of Life on Earth Michael Marshall 9781474611411
RRP: $39.00$22.72How did life begin? Why are we here? These are some of the most profound questions we can ask. If we can find the answers, we can learn much about both ourselves and our relationship to the wider universe. For almost a century, a small band of eccentric...