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  • Epic of Evolution

    Seven Ages of the Cosmos

    by Eric Chaisson ...
    How did everything around us-the air, the land, the sea, and the stars-originate? What is the source of order, form, and structure characterizing all material things? These are just some of the grand scientific questions Eric J. Chaisson, author of the classic work Cosmic Dawn, explores in his enthralling and illuminating history of the universe. Explaining new discoveries and a range of cutting ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • Behave

    The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

    by Robert M. Sapolsky ...
    New York Times bestseller • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • One of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year“It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” —David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal"It has my vote for science book of the year.” —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times<stron... ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

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  • Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live

    What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live

    by Marlene Zuk ...
    An exposé of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today.We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football—or did we? Are our bodies and brains truly at odds with modern life? Although it may seem as though we have barely had time to shed our hunter-gatherer legacy, biologist ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Vital Question

    Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

    by Nick Lane ...
    “One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years.” —The EconomistThe Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there’s a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that matter, how life first began. In The Vital Question, award-winning author and biochemist ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Beak of the Finch

    A Story of Evolution in Our Time (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    by Jonathan Weiner ...
    **PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research of Darwin's discovery of evolution that "spark[s] not just the intellect, but the imagination" (Washington Post Book World) • With a new preface“Admirable and much-needed.... Weiner’s triumph is to reveal how evolution and science work, and to let them speak clearly for themselves.”—The New York Times Book Review**On ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Extinction

    Evolution and the End of Man

    by Michael Boulter ...
    How long do humans have left on Earth? Using cutting-edge science that revolutionises our understanding of evolution, Michael Boulter explains how we may be closer to our own extinction than we imagined.Sixty-five million years ago the dinosaurs were destroyed in a mass extinction event that could not have been predicted. Out of the devastation, new life developed and the world regained its ... Read more

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  • Science and Religion in Quest of Truth

    by John Polkinghorne ...

    $18.99 USD

  • Sabertooth

    by Mauricio Antón ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    "A unique review of the many unusual and nearly worldwide occurrences of sabertooths and their relatives over more than 50 million years." — ChoiceWith their spectacularly enlarged canines, sabertooth cats are among the most popular of prehistoric animals, yet it is surprising how little information about them is available for the curious layperson. What's more, there were other sabertooths that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Proving Darwin

    Making Biology Mathematical

    by Gregory Chaitin ...
    Groundbreaking mathematician Gregory Chaitin gives us the first book to posit that we can prove how Darwin’s theory of evolution works on a mathematical level.For years it has been received wisdom among most scientists that, just as Darwin claimed, all of the Earth’s life-forms evolved by blind chance. But does Darwin’s theory function on a purely mathematical level? Has there been enough time for ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • Charles Darwin

    Biographies of Scientists

    by Hourly History ...
    Series series Biographies of Scientists
    Charles Darwin thought he would be a clergyman after an uneventful childhood, where he hated school but loved the natural world. All that would change when he was allowed to be a part of a worldwide expedition to faraway lands. He was able to collect specimens and keep notes on all he experienced.Discover a plethora of topics such asEarly Life and EducationRound the World Aboard the BeagleDarwin's ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Universe Story in Science and Myth

    GreenSpirit ebooks, #3

    by Greg Morter, Niamh Brennan ...
    Series Book 3 - GreenSpirit ebooks
    Written by Greg Morter and Niamh Brennan.Everyone has a story that tells us who they are, where they come from and how they came to be. Cultures, too, have their stories. Many of these we know as myths, as ancient ways of explaining how our world and its creatures came into existence. Throughout history, each cultural group has had a creation story or myth. These stories, all down the ages, have ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites

    Second Edition

    by Robert Poulin ...
    Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and other animals in fundamental ways, but in recent years they have become a powerful model system for the study of ecology and evolution, with practical applications in disease prevention. Here, in a thoroughly revised and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD